Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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regression | Yes | No | No | No |
fixation | Yes | No | No | No |
regression (noun) | fixation (noun) |
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returning to a former state | (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body |
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) | the activity of fastening something firmly in position |
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state | an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone |
an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely | an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely |