regression
(noun)
noun
1. an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely
Similar word(s): fixation
Definition categories: state, abnormality
2. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state
Definition categories: process, defence, defense
3. 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)
Definition categories: thought
4. returning to a former state
Similar word(s): regress, retrogression, retroversion, reversion