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regression

reg·res·sion

UK/ɹɪˈɡɹɛʃ.ən/ US/ɹiːˈɡɹɛʃ.ən/ uncommon

noun

1.
2.

(psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state

3.

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)

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Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin regressio. Equivalent to regress + -ion. The statistics sense comes from regression to the mean.

Phrases

  • age regression
  • Down syndrome regression disorder
  • kitchen sink regression
  • pet regression
  • regression testing
  • regression toward the mean
  • regression tree
  • sleep regression

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