Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: regression
IPA transcription: [ɹəɡɹ'ɛʃən]
Pronunciations of regression
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: regression, regress, reversion, retrogression, retroversion
    Meaning: returning to a former state
  • Synonyms: regression, simple_regression, regression_toward_the_mean, statistical_regression
    Meaning: 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)
  • Synonyms: regression
    Meaning: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state
  • Synonyms: arrested_development, fixation, infantile_fixation, regression
    Meaning: an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely
Usage examples
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Fermi paradox, License CC BY-SA 4.0