regression - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

returning to a former state

Synonyms

• regress
• regression
• retrogression
• retroversion
• reversion

More generic

• reversal

Noun

the relation between selected values of x and observed values of y (from which the most probable value of y can be predicted for any value of x)

Synonyms

• regression
• regression toward the mean
• simple regression
• statistical regression

More generic

• statistical method
• statistical procedure

More specific

• curvilinear regression
• linear regression
• rectilinear regression

Related

• regression analysis

Noun

(psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state

Synonyms

• regression

More generic

• defence
• defence mechanism
• defence reaction
• defense
• defense mechanism
• defense reaction

Noun

an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely

Synonyms

• arrested development
• fixation
• infantile fixation
• regression

More generic

• abnormalcy
• abnormality

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