(intransitive) To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve. / (intransitive, astronomy) To move from east to west. / (transitive, statistics) To perform a regression on an explanatory variable.

An action of regressing, a return to a previous state. / An action of travelling mentally back in time.

plural of regression

plural of regressivity

plural of regresser

One who regresses.

Alternative form of regressible

Able to regress or be regressed.

(derogatory, politics) A characterization of the left which suggests that it paradoxically holds reactionary views by its tolerance of illiberal principles and ideologies (such as extremist Islamism) for the sake of multiculturalism and cultural relativism.

(phonetics, phonology) An assimilation whereby a sound becomes more like the following sound.