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Misspelling

egression, reegreession, reggression, regre?ion, regresion, regressiion, regressio, regressiom, regressionn, regressioon, regressoin, regressssion, regrezzion, rregrression

Regression — synonyms, definition

1. regression (Noun)

33 synonyms

arrested development atavism backsliding corruption decline degeneration deterioration ebb fixation impairment infantile fixation misuse perversion receding recession recurrence reflux regress regression toward the mean relapse • • •

5 definitions

regression (Noun) — A return to an earlier state.

regression (Noun) — An abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely.

regression (Noun) — (psychiatry) a defence mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state.

regression (Noun) — (statistics) 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).

regression (Noun) — (programming) the reappearance of a software bug that has been fixed at least once before.

11 types of

abnormalcy abnormality defence defence mechanism defence reaction defense defense mechanism defense reaction reversal statistical method statistical procedure

3 types

curvilinear regression linear regression rectilinear regression

1 part of

regression analysis