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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 | ||||||||
| 36% | 10 | An unpleasant return to a former, less desirable state. | ||||||
noun • an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely • (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state • 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) • returning to a former state | ||||||||
| 32% | 10 | Regressing from a more developed to a less developed state | ||||||
noun • a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior adjective satellite • unrestrained by convention or morality verb • grow progressively worse | ||||||||
Return To A Former Or Less Developed State Crossword Clue
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REGRESS which was last seen in the The Guardian Quick crossword.
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REGRESS
Updated: October 13, 2023
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