Regressionist

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who promotes or follows regressionism.

    "This politician is a regressionist who disregards what people care about now."

  2. 2
    One who travels back in time.

    "She, too, was a past-life regressionist. I asked, “Do you remember if you had a lifetime in connection with Nazi Germany?” She replied, “Oh, I thought you knew. I was a prison warden at Auschwitz. […]"

  3. 3
    One who carries out regressions, inducing a patient to act out behaviour typical of an earlier developmental stage.

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"This politician is a regressionist who disregards what people care about now."

Etymology

From regression + -ist.

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