Antonyms for regression
rɪˈgrɛʃ ənre·gres·sion

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1. regressionnoun

   Antonyms:
   progression

2. regressionnoun

   Antonyms:
   progression

3. regressionnoun

   Antonyms:
   progression

4. regressionnoun

   Antonyms:
   progression

5. regressionnoun

   Antonyms:
   progression

6. regressionnoun

   Antonyms:
   progression

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. regression

   Antonyms:
   advancement, progression, aggression, procession

   Synonyms:
   retreat, return, retrogradation, retrogression, retirement

Matched Categories

1. • Abnormality
   • Defense Mechanism
   • Psychiatry
   • Reversal
   • Statistical Method
   • Statistics

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. arrested development, fixation, infantile fixation, regressionnoun

   an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely

   Synonyms:
   retrogression, reversion, infantile fixation, statistical regression, fixing, fixation, arrested development, regression toward the mean, simple regression, retroversion, regress, obsession

2. regressionnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   retrogression, simple regression, infantile fixation, fixation, reversion, arrested development, statistical regression, regression toward the mean, retroversion, regress

3. regression, simple regression, regression toward the mean, statistical regressionnoun

   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)

   Synonyms:
   retrogression, simple regression, infantile fixation, fixation, reversion, arrested development, statistical regression, regression toward the mean, retroversion, regress

4. regression, regress, reversion, retrogression, retroversionnoun

   returning to a former state

   Synonyms:
   infantile fixation, lapse, simple regression, reversal, regression toward the mean, fixation, turnaround, arrested development, relapsing, retrogression, retroflection, regress, reasoning backward, backsliding, lapsing, throwback, reverse, atavism, turnabout, reverting, relapse, statistical regression, retroversion, degeneration, reversion, retroflexion

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

1. regression

   Synonyms:
   Regressive metamorphosis, retrograde metamorphosis (in part)

How to use regression in a sentence?

1. Alex Branczik:

   There's no doubt that today this image has incredible currency not just here in the UK but across Europe and beyond, here we see this, one of our oldest democracies and within it we see the regression toward tribal animalistic behavior.

2. Jeff Werber:

   One colleague that I read an article about has used it for tumors, and the cannabidiol was instrumental in causing tumor regression, hopefully we can learn more as time goes on as more states legalize marijuana, we’ll learn a lot more and be able to prove scientifically, the benefits of the use of cannabidiols for pets.

3. Melanie Campbell:

   We believe this is a state of emergency, because we don't have a strong voting Voting Rights act to push back on some of this, then we are looking at regression... and with African Americans, we have always had to have federal intervention.

4. Matthew Kacsmaryk:

   But through that progression or regression, I think you can see five areas where there will be a clash of absolutes between the traditional Judeo-Christian understanding of marriage and the revisionist, redefined vision of marriage that you saw in last term’s Supreme Court opinions.

5. Salman Aziz:

   Finding someone’s weakness only can make you strongest in the earth but not inside you. And someday you can be in the worst situation when someone found your biggest weakness. That day you will be left with regression. Nothing can change back!

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