regression
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1 regression
An abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely.
synoniemen: arrested development, fixation, infantile fixation.
Pools: regresja
2 regression
psychiatry A defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state.
Nederlands: regressie
Pools: regres, regresja
3 regression
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).
synoniemen: regression toward the mean, simple regression, statistical regression.
Pools: regresja, analiza regresji
4 regression
Returning to a former state.
synoniemen: regress, retrogression, retroversion, reversion.
Roget 145: reversion, return; revulsion. turning point, turn of the tide; status quo ante bellum; calm before a storm. alternation etc. (periodicity) 138; inversion etc. ... meer laten zien
Roget 283: regress, regression; retrocession†, retrogression, retrograduation†, retroaction; reculade†; retreat, withdrawal, retirement, remigration†; recession etc. (motion from) ... meer laten zien
Nederlands: teruggang, terugkeer
Pools: retrogresja
Moby betekeniswoordenboek: Brownian movement, Freudian fixation, about-face, advance, angular motion, arrested development, ascending, ascent, atavism, axial motion, backflowing, backing, backset, backsliding, backward deviation, backward motion, career, climbing, comedown, course ... meer laten zien.
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