regression

Meanings

• 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

Synonyms

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

Scrabble Score: 11

regression is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

regression is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

regression is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

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Angrams of regression