regression
/ri'greʃn/
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Definition
- Noun:
- Returning to a former state: The act of returning to an earlier, often less developed or less complex state.
- A statistical relationship: In statistics, the relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables, used for prediction.
- A psychological defense mechanism: In psychiatry, a retreat to an earlier stage of psychological development in the face of stress or anxiety.
- An arrested development: An abnormal condition where normal development has ceased prematurely.
Usage Examples
- Noun (Returning to a former state):
- Noun (Statistical relationship):
- Noun (Psychological defense):
- Noun (Arrested development):
Advanced Usage
- "Regression toward the mean": A statistical phenomenon where extreme measurements tend to be followed by more average ones.
- "Regression analysis": A statistical process for estimating the relationships among variables.
Variants and Related Words
- Regress (verb): To return to a former or less developed state.
- Regression line (noun): In statistics, the line that best fits the data points on a scatter plot.
- Regressive (adj): Tending to regress or characterized by regression.
Synonyms
- Retrogression: A return to an earlier and generally worse condition.
- Reversion: A return to a previous state, practice, or belief.
- Backsliding: Relapsing into bad habits or undesirable activities.
Related Phrases
- Regression testing (noun phrase): In software development, testing to ensure new changes have not broken existing functionality.
Noun
- returning to a former 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)
- (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state
- an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely