1.Definition: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state

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2.Definition: an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely

Related Noun(s):fixation

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3.Definition: returning to a former state

Related Noun(s):regress, retrogression, retroversion, reversion

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4.Definition: 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)

Category: General