Dictionary Check: regression

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"regression" is a valid word!

Scrabble 11 points
Words with Friends 13 points

Definition

noun

an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely

Synonyms:
arrested development fixation infantile fixation
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)

Synonyms:
simple regression regression toward the mean statistical regression
noun

returning to a former state

Synonyms:
regress reversion retrogression retroversion

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