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regress::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | retrovert, return, revert, turn back |
| Type of | reverse, turn, change by reversal |
| Has types | recidivate, fall back, go back, lapse, recover, recuperate, relapse, resile, retrogress |
| Derivation | regression |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | regression, retrogression, retroversion, reversion |
| Type of | reversal |
regress::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | retrograde, retrogress |
| Type of | decline, worsen |
| Has types | recede, fall back, fall behind, drop off |
| Derivation | regressive |
regress::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | reasoning backward |
| Type of | abstract thought, logical thinking, reasoning |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fall back, lapse, recidivate, relapse, retrogress |
| Type of | revert, retrovert, return, turn back |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | change |
Examples of regress
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If guys regress, get hurt, or leave, the Rangers may not stick around very long.
From the economist.com
We do not want the continent to regress into internal strife and protectionism.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Where population falls or is fragmented, cultural evolution may actually regress.
From the online.wsj.com
That's part of the reason the Orioles, on paper, are a popular choice to regress.
From the charlotteobserver.com
You can never get to the bottom of it because of the problem of infinite regress.
From the guardian.co.uk
Thus, if the causal chain is to continue, we are to fall into infinite regress.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Faced with extreme stress, their self-regulation capacities regress even further.
From the healthland.time.com
For Jurich, several painful years of watching a program he'd helped build regress.
From the courier-journal.com
This position is intended to resolve the infinite regress problem in epistemology.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Go back to a statistical means
- The reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence
- Regression: returning to a former state
- Revert: go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"
- Get worse or fall back to a previous condition
- Relapse: go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"
- The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression; The power or liberty of passing back; To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve; To perform a regression on an explanatory variable
- (regressed) That has been subject to regression
