'Regression' definitions:
Definition of 'regression'
(from WordNet)
noun
An abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely [syn: arrested development, fixation, infantile fixation, regression]
noun
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state
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) [syn: regression, simple regression, regression toward the mean, statistical regression]
noun
Definition of 'Regression'
From: GCIDE
- Regression \Re*gres"sion\ (r?*gr?sh"?n), n. [L. regressio: cf. F. r['e]gression.] The act of passing back or returning; retrogression; retrogradation. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
- Edge of regression (of a surface) (Geom.), the line along which a surface turns back upon itself; -- called also a cuspidal edge.
- Regression point (Geom.), a cusp. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'regression'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- about-face,
- advance,
- angular motion,
- arrested development,
- ascending,
- ascent,
- atavism,
- axial motion,
- backflowing,
- backing,
- backset,
- backsliding,
- backward deviation,
- backward motion,
- Brownian movement,
- career,
- climbing,
- comedown,
- course,
- current,
- debasement,
- decadence,
- decadency,
- declension,
- declination,
- decline,
- deformation,
- degeneracy,
- degenerateness,
- degeneration,
- degradation,
- demotion,
- depravation,
- depravedness,
- depreciation,
- derogation,
- descending,
- descent,
- deterioration,
- devolution,
- disenchantment,
- downtrend,
- downturn,
- downward mobility,
- downward motion,
- downward trend,
- drift,
- driftage,
- drop,
- dying,
- ebb,
- ebbing,
- effeteness,
- fading,
- failing,
- failure,
- failure of nerve,
- fall,
- falling back,
- falling-off,
- father fixation,
- fixation,
- flight,
- flip-flop,
- flow,
- flux,
- forward motion,
- Freudian fixation,
- infantile fixation,
- involution,
- lapse,
- libido fixation,
- loss of tone,
- mother fixation,
- mounting,
- oblique motion,
- ongoing,
- onrush,
- parent fixation,
- passage,
- plunging,
- pregenital fixation,
- progress,
- radial motion,
- random motion,
- recidivation,
- recidivism,
- reclamation,
- reconversion,
- recrudescence,
- recurrence,
- reflowing,
- refluence,
- reflux,
- regress,
- rehabilitation,
- reinstatement,
- relapse,
- renewal,
- restitution,
- restoration,
- retreat to immaturity,
- retrocession,
- retrogradation,
- retrogression,
- retroversion,
- return,
- returning,
- reversal,
- reverse,
- reversion,
- reverting,
- revulsion,
- rising,
- run,
- rush,
- set,
- setback,
- sideward motion,
- sinking,
- slippage,
- slipping back,
- slump,
- soaring,
- sternway,
- stream,
- subsiding,
- throwback,
- traject,
- trajet,
- trend,
- turn,
- turnabout,
- upward motion,
- wane
Words containing 'Regression'
- Regress,
- Regressed,
- Regressing,
- Regressive,
- Regressively,
- Edge of regression,
- Regression point,
- Regressive metamorphism,
- curvilinear regression,
- infinite regress,
- infinite regression,
- linear regression,
- multiple regression,
- rectilinear regression,
- regression analysis,
- regression coefficient,
- regression curve,
- regression equation,
- regression line,
- simple regression,
- statistical regression,
- regression of y on x,
- regression toward the mean