regressing
Returning to earlier
Regressing is moving backward or returning to an earlier state.
A patient regresses when their condition worsens after improvement.
In psychology, regressing means reverting to childlike or less mature behavior under stress: She found herself regressing to old habits when anxious.
In statistics, regressing refers to performing regression analysis—modeling the relationship between variables.
Becoming progressively worse
- worseningBecoming more severe
- decliningDecreasing in strength
- weakeningBecoming less strong
- atrophyingWeakening through disuse
degenerating · decaying · degrading · diminishing · ebbing · waning · dwindling · slipping
Compulsive substance reliance
- recidivismHabitual return to crime
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- sobrietyUnimpaired mental state
- backslidingReverting to former sins
lapsing · reoccurrence · fallback · treatment · setback · trigger · abstinence · remission
Life's earliest phase
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- hypnosisInduced trance state
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- infantileCharacteristic of infants
developmental · fixation · defense · unconscious · Freudian · psychoanalysis · age · behavioral
Methodical study of parts
- meanAverage, or spiteful
- correlationStatistical relationship measure
- coefficientNumber multiplying a variable
- variableProne to fluctuation
prediction · model · linear · residual · outlier · variance · fitting · trend
Cause of destruction
- reversingGoing in opposite direction
- returningGoing back to origin
- backtrackingReversing to find alternatives
- retreatingMoving back from advance
rewinding · restoring · resetting · rollback · unraveling · receding · withdrawing · retracting
Of or relating to worlds
- orbitsCurved paths around bodies
- astronomyScience of celestial objects
- celestialOf the sky above
- motionChange in position
apparent · Mercury · transit · ephemeris · synodic · sidereal · precession · zodiac
Enjoyably recalling the past
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- wistfulSadly longing for something
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- sentimentalExcessively emotional about memories
memory · retrospect · bygone · flashback · recollecting · halcyon · hiraeth · melancholy
deteriorating
Becoming progressively worse
atrophying · degenerating · decaying · degrading · diminishing · ebbing · waning · dwindling · slipping · failing
addiction
Compulsive substance reliance
- recidivismHabitual return to crime
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- sobrietyUnimpaired mental state
backsliding · lapsing · reoccurrence · fallback · treatment · setback · trigger · abstinence · remission · relapsing
childhood
Life's earliest phase
infantile · developmental · fixation · defense · unconscious · Freudian · psychoanalysis · age · behavioral · coping
analysis
Methodical study of parts
- meanAverage, or spiteful
- correlationStatistical relationship measure
- coefficientNumber multiplying a variable
variable · prediction · model · linear · residual · outlier · variance · fitting · trend · deviation
undoing
Cause of destruction
- reversingGoing in opposite direction
- returningGoing back to origin
- backtrackingReversing to find alternatives
retreating · rewinding · restoring · resetting · rollback · unraveling · receding · withdrawing · retracting · annulling
planetary
Of or relating to worlds
motion · apparent · Mercury · transit · ephemeris · synodic · sidereal · precession · zodiac · backward
reminiscing
Enjoyably recalling the past
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- wistfulSadly longing for something
- longingIntense, persistent desire
sentimental · memory · retrospect · bygone · flashback · recollecting · halcyon · hiraeth · melancholy · yesteryear
- setbacksfailing, back to square one, stuck, losing, stumbles
- math operationsaddition, adding, subtraction, subtracting, multiplication
- leavingdeparture, quit, walking away, withdrawing, bail
- progressprogress, in progress, promotion, raise, making progress
regressingprogressing
Moving toward completion
advancing · improving · moving forward · developing · making progress
regressingmaturing
Developing toward completion
developing · growing up · advancing · evolving · blossoming
regressingrecovering
Regaining health or strength
improving · healing · convalescing · recuperating · getting better
- age regressionReverting to earlier developmental stage
- sleep regressionInfant's temporary worsening slumber
- childhood regressionReturn to earlier developmental stage
- past life regressionAccessing supposed previous existences
- regression to the meanExtremes trend toward average
- linear regressionStatistical straight-line fitting method