regression

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1. returning to a former state (noun.act)

hypernym	:	reversal,
definition	:	a change from one state to the opposite state (noun.act)

2. 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) (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	statistical method, statistical procedure,
definition	:	a method of analyzing or representing statistical data; a procedure for calculating a statistic (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	linear regression, rectilinear regression,
definition	:	the relation between variables when the regression equation is linear: e.g., y = ax + b (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	curvilinear regression,
definition	:	the relation between variables when the regression equation is nonlinear (quadratic or higher order) (noun.cognition)

part meronym	:	regression analysis,
definition	:	the use of regression to make quantitative predictions of one variable from the values of another (noun.cognition)

domain category	:	statistics,
definition	:	a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters (noun.cognition)

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

hypernym	:	defence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defense mechanism, defense reaction,
definition	:	(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires (noun.process)

domain category	:	psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology,
definition	:	the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders (noun.cognition)

4. an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely (noun.state)

hypernym	:	abnormalcy, abnormality,
definition	:	an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies (noun.state)

5. returning to a former state (noun.act)

derivation	:	regress, retrograde, retrogress,
definition	:	get worse or fall back to a previous condition (verb.change)

derivation	:	regress, retrovert, return, revert, turn back,
definition	:	go back to a previous state (verb.change)

derivation	:	regress, retrograde, retrogress,
definition	:	get worse or fall back to a previous condition (verb.change)

derivation	:	regress, retrovert, return, revert, turn back,
definition	:	go back to a previous state (verb.change)

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