regress
Slip toward earlier
To regress is to move backward or return to an earlier, usually less developed state.
A patient's condition regresses when it worsens after improvement.
Children may regress under stress, reverting to behaviors they'd outgrown: He regressed to thumb-sucking after his parents' divorce.
In statistics, regression analysis examines relationships between variables.
The noun regress means a backward movement or return.
Sanctuary or withdrawal
- recedeMove back from
- withdrawRemove or pull away
- backtrackReverse one's position
- reverseTurn to opposite
return · fall back · pull back · retract · revert · go back · retire · yield
Grow worse over time
- worsenBecome more severe
- degenerateDecline morally or physically
- degradeLower in standing
- decayGradual organic breakdown
atrophy · wane · diminish · dwindle · ebb · weaken · wither · shrink
Revert to bad habits
- recurrenceReturn of something previous
- setbackReverse in progress
- relapseReturn to former illness
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
addiction · sobriety · abstinence · temptation · craving · withdrawal · twelve-step · rehabilitation
Life's earliest phase
- infantileCharacteristic of infants
- fixationPersistent mental attachment
- defense mechanismUnconscious self-protective mental process
- repressionUnconscious blocking of thoughts
unconscious · trauma · Freud · psychoanalysis · developmental · primitive · coping · stress response
Arranged in straight succession
- logisticOf coordination and supply
- coefficientNumber multiplying a variable
- variableProne to fluctuation
- correlationStatistical relationship measure
residuals · prediction · model · least squares · multivariate · dependent · independent · curve fitting
retreat
Sanctuary or withdrawal
reverse · return · fall back · pull back · retract · revert · go back · retire · yield · give ground
deteriorate
Grow worse over time
- worsenBecome more severe
- degenerateDecline morally or physically
- degradeLower in standing
decay · atrophy · wane · diminish · dwindle · ebb · weaken · wither · shrink · fade
backslide
Revert to bad habits
- recurrenceReturn of something previous
- setbackReverse in progress
- relapseReturn to former illness
recovery · addiction · sobriety · abstinence · temptation · craving · withdrawal · twelve-step · rehabilitation · therapy
childhood
Life's earliest phase
- infantileCharacteristic of infants
- fixationPersistent mental attachment
- defense mechanismUnconscious self-protective mental process
repression · unconscious · trauma · Freud · psychoanalysis · developmental · primitive · coping · stress response · hypnosis
linear
Arranged in straight succession
- logisticOf coordination and supply
- coefficientNumber multiplying a variable
- variableProne to fluctuation
correlation · residuals · prediction · model · least squares · multivariate · dependent · independent · curve fitting · extrapolation
- retreatback away, back off, withdrawal, retreating, back up
- reversalsreverse, undo, revert, overturn, flip
- Self-referenceself-reference, self-referential, recursion, recursive, meta
- mental processesthinking, think, reasoning, cognition, pondering
- deterioratedecay, rot, deteriorate, decompose, corrode
- failingfail, fails, collapse, flop, bomb
- age regressionReverting to earlier developmental stage
- sleep regressionInfant's temporary worsening slumber
- childhood regressionReturn to earlier developmental stage
- past life regressionAccessing supposed previous existences
- infinite regressUnending causal chain
- regression to the meanExtremes trend toward average
regression, regressive, regressed, regressing, regresses, regressively