REGRESSION Synonyms
There are 11 hypernyms of the word regression. (close relations)
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fixation | nounn | |||||||
noun • an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely • an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone • the activity of fastening something firmly in position • (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body | ||||||||
regress | verbv | |||||||
noun • the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence • returning to a former state verb • go back to a statistical means • go back to a previous state • get worse or fall back to a previous condition • go back to bad behavior | ||||||||
retrogression | nounn | |||||||
noun • passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form • returning to a former state | ||||||||
retroversion | nounn | |||||||
noun • a turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part • translation back into the original language • returning to a former state | ||||||||
reversion | nounn | |||||||
noun • (law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or his heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee) • (genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation) • a reappearance of an earlier characteristic • turning in the opposite direction • returning to a former state • a failure to maintain a higher state | ||||||||
arrested development | nounn | |||||||
noun • an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely | ||||||||
infantile fixation | nounn | |||||||
noun • an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely | ||||||||
regression toward the mean | nounn | |||||||
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) | ||||||||
simple regression | adjectiveadj | |||||||
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) | ||||||||
statistical regression | nounn | |||||||
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) |