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

ruhgr'eshuhn (IPA: rəɡrˈɛʃən)

re-gres-sion (10 letters | 3 syllables)

regressions

arrested development | fixation | infantile fixation | regression toward the mean | simple regression | statistical regression | regress | retrogression | retroversion | reversion (total: 10)

advancement

curvilinear regression | linear regression | rectilinear regression

abnormalcy | abnormality | defence | defence mechanism | defence reaction | defense | defense mechanism | defense reaction | statistical method | statistical procedure | reversal (total: 11)

accession | aggression | compression | concession | confession | decompression | depression | digression | discretion | expression | freshen | hessian | impression | indiscretion | intercession | ... (total: 31) (based on typical American pronunciation)

repression

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multiple regression | regression analysis | regression coefficient | regression curve | regression equation | regression line | regression of y on x | regression toward the mean | simple regression | statistical regression (total: 10)

Spanish: | retroceso (general) | regresión (general) | regresión (biology) French: | rétrogradation (general) | régression (biology) Portuguese: | regressão (general) | retrocesso (general) | regressão (biology) German: | Rückwärtsgehen (general) | Regression (biology) Japanese: | 退行 (common noun)

regression.com | regression.info

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11 (International English) | 11 (North American English)