regression

/ɹəɡɹˈɛʃən/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely
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)
4. returning to a former state

Synonyms for regression

• arrested development
• fixation
• infantile fixation
• simple regression
• regression toward the mean
• statistical regression
• regress
• reversion
• retrogression
• retroversion

Words that rhyme with regression

• depression
• expression
• impression
• accession
• possession
• aggression
• confession
• discretion
• recession
• succession
• compression
• profession
• session
• suppression
• concession
• digression
• freshen
• oppression
• procession
• progression
• repression
• secession
• transgression
• decompression
• indiscretion
• intercession
• obsession
• precession
• hessian
• nonaggression