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plural of regression n. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state n. the relation between selected values of x and observed values of y (from which the most probab…

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  1. plural of regression n. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state n. 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) n. returning to a former state