Word Type

Noun

The word "regression" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

progression

Derived Terms

Down syndrome regression disorder age regression angioregression autoregression deregression kitchen sink regression metaregression neuroregression nonregression proregression regression testing regression therapy regression to the mean regression toward the mean regression tree regressional regressionary regressionism regressionist sleep regression vasoregression

Derived From

regress

Context

medicine programming psychiatry psychotherapy statistics

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

abnormalcy abnormality defence defence mechanism defence reaction defense defense mechanism defense reaction reversal statistical method statistical procedure

Type Of (IsA)

defense mechanism reversal statistical method

Part Of

regression analysis

Related Terms

association behaviour bug dependent variable developmental equation independent variable measure previous psychotherapeutic regress regression testing regression therapy regression to mean return software stage state time variables

Synonym Network

arrested development

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