Regression - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|rɪˈɡreʃn|
Brit.
|rɪˈɡreʃ(ə)n|
noun
- an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely (syn: fixation)
- (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state
- 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)
- returning to a former state (syn: regress, retrogression, retroversion, reversion)
- (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state
- 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)
- returning to a former state (syn: regress, retrogression, retroversion, reversion)
Extra examples
...the regression to really childish behavior that boys often undergo when put in large groups...
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