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regression

/ɹəɡˈɹɛʃən/ · 10 letters · 7 distinct letters

  1. noun

    an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely

  2. noun

    (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state

  3. 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)

  4. noun

    returning to a former state

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