Synonyms for Regression (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely):
fixation, arrested development, infantile fixation
WordNet sense 2 (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)):
regression toward the mean, simple regression, statistical regression
WordNet sense 3 (returning to a former state):
regress, retrogression, reversion, retroversion, regress
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