regresses
Returns to earlier
Regresses means moves backward or returns to an earlier, often less developed state.
A patient regresses when their condition worsens after improvement.
In psychology, to regress is to revert to childlike behavior under stress: He regresses when he's around his parents.
In statistics, to regress variables is to analyze their relationship through regression analysis.
Returns to earlier condition
- backslidesReverts to worse behavior
- retreatsBacks off or sanctuaries
- returnsProfits from investments
- relapsesReturns to illness
retrogrades · recedes · lapses · falls back · slips back · reverses
Becomes smaller or weaker
- decreasesGrows smaller in amount
- lessensMakes smaller in degree
- wanesDecreases gradually
- ebbsDeclines or recedes
recedes · shrinks · subsides · fades · drops · falls · dips · slumps
Life's earliest phase
- FreudianOf unconscious-mind theory
- psychoanalysisTreatment via unconscious exploration
- defense mechanismUnconscious self-protective mental process
- traumaLasting psychological wound
repression · infantile · fixation · unconscious · ego · id · coping · stress response
Average, or spiteful
- averageArithmetic mean or ordinary
- correlationStatistical relationship measure
- predictionForecast of coming events
- residualsOngoing compensation for rebroadcasts
variance · linear · coefficient · modeling · analysis · variables · fitted · outliers
Compulsive substance reliance
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- backslidesReverts to worse behavior
- recidivismHabitual return to crime
- sobrietyUnimpaired mental state
abstinence · setback · withdrawal · triggers · dependency · rehabilitation · intervention · temptation
reverts
Returns to earlier condition
- backslidesReverts to worse behavior
- retreatsBacks off or sanctuaries
- returnsProfits from investments
relapses · retrogrades · recedes · lapses · falls back · slips back · reverses
diminishes
Becomes smaller or weaker
ebbs · recedes · shrinks · subsides · fades · drops · falls · dips · slumps · tapers
childhood
Life's earliest phase
- FreudianOf unconscious-mind theory
- psychoanalysisTreatment via unconscious exploration
- defense mechanismUnconscious self-protective mental process
trauma · repression · infantile · fixation · unconscious · ego · id · coping · stress response · hypnosis
mean
Average, or spiteful
- averageArithmetic mean or ordinary
- correlationStatistical relationship measure
- predictionForecast of coming events
residuals · variance · linear · coefficient · modeling · analysis · variables · fitted · outliers · slope
addiction
Compulsive substance reliance
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- backslidesReverts to worse behavior
- recidivismHabitual return to crime
sobriety · abstinence · setback · withdrawal · triggers · dependency · rehabilitation · intervention · temptation · craving
- going backreturns, rewinds, backtracks, retreats, retraces
regressesimproves
Gets better gradually
gets better · ameliorates · recovers · heals · strengthens
- 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
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