regression
noun
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Sense 1 noun
an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely
Types & categories
- abnormality hypernym
Sense 2 noun
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state
Types & categories
- defence hypernym
Related & opposite
- psychiatry domain topic
Sense 3 noun
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)
Types & categories
- statistical method hypernym
- linear regression hyponym
- curvilinear regression hyponym
Parts & wholes
- regression analysis part holonym
Related & opposite
- statistics domain topic
Sense 4 noun
returning to a former state
Types & categories
- reversal hypernym
Related & opposite
- retrogress derivation
- revert derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | abnormality |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | psychiatry |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | defence |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | statistics |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | regression analysis |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | statistical method |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | linear regression |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | curvilinear regression |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | retrogress |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | revert |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | reversal |