REGRESSION

/ɹəˈɡɹɛʃən/ Scrabble 11 Words With Friends 13

Scrabble letter values: R1E1G2R1E1S1S1I1O1N1 = 11

Definition

  1. noun an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely. — synonyms: arrested_development, fixation, infantile_fixation
  2. noun (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state.
  3. 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
  4. noun returning to a former state. — synonyms: regress, reversion, retrogression, retroversion

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