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regression

/ɹəˈɡɹɛʃən/
noun
  1. An action of regressing, a return to a previous state.

  2. An action of travelling mentally back in time.

  3. A psychotherapeutic method whereby healing is facilitated by inducing the patient to act out behaviour typical of an earlier developmental stage.

Antonymsprogression

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