regression
Pronunciation:
/ɹəˈɡɹɛʃən/noun
Definitions
An action of regressing, a return to a previous state.
An action of travelling mentally back in time.
A psychotherapeutic method whereby healing is facilitated by inducing the patient to act out behaviour typical of an earlier developmental stage.
An analytic method to measure the association of one or more independent variables with a dependent variable.