regression

nouns

an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely
arrested development, fixation, infantile fixation, regression
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state
regression
domain category
the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology
is a type of (narrower)
(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
defence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defense mechanism, defense reaction
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)
regression, regression toward the mean, simple regression, statistical regression
returning to a former state
regress, regression, retrogression, retroversion, reversion
is derived from
regress