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regression
[ ri-gresh-uhn ]
noun
- the act of going back to a previous place or state; return or reversion.
- retrogradation; retrogression.
- Biology. reversion to an earlier or less advanced state or form or to a common or general type.
- Psychoanalysis. the reversion to a chronologically earlier or less adapted pattern of behavior and feeling.
- a subsidence of a disease or its manifestations:
a regression of symptoms.
adjective
- of, relating to, or determined by regression analysis:
regression curve; regression equation.
regression
/ ɪˈɡɛʃə /
noun
- psychol the adoption by an adult or adolescent of behaviour more appropriate to a child, esp as a defence mechanism to avoid anxiety
- statistics
- the analysis or measure of the association between one variable (the dependent variable) and one or more other variables (the independent variables), usually formulated in an equation in which the independent variables have parametric coefficients, which may enable future values of the dependent variable to be predicted
- ( as modifer )
regression curve
- astronomy the slow movement around the ecliptic of the two points at which the moon's orbit intersects the ecliptic. One complete revolution occurs about every 19 years
- geology the retreat of the sea from the land
- the act of regressing
regression
- A subsiding of the symptoms or process of a disease.
- The return of a population to an earlier or less complex physical type in successive generations.
- The relationship between the mean value of a random variable and the corresponding values of one or more independent variables.
- A relative fall in sea level resulting in deposition of terrestrial strata over marine strata.
- Compare transgression
- Retrograde motion of a celestial body.
regression
- A Freudian concept used by psychiatrists to signify a return to primitive or impulsive behavior after more mature behavior has been learned. ( See also defense mechanism , id , and libido .)
Other Word Forms
- ԴDzr·sDz noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of regression1
Example Sentences
There’s been reflection on where we stand today, the cultural progression or regression.
The only true area of regression so far for Shohei Ohtani has been in one statistical category; where a glaring drop in production has signaled an early-season problem for the Dodgers.
The only true area of regression so far has been in one statistical category; where a glaring drop in production has signaled a key early-season problem for the team.
That behavior speaks to us in any decade, but especially in times of cultural regression.
The distress is coming out in their art and play, and it is leading to some developmental regressions.
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