art has been regressing toward adolescence for more than a generation now
同义词：
revertretrogressrelapselapsebackslidego backwardsslip backdrift backsubsidesink backdeterioratedeclineworsendegenerateget worsefallfall offfall awaydropebbwaneslumprare：recidivateretrogradeinformal：go downhillgo to potgo to the dogs
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Statistics
calculate the coefficient or coefficients of regression of (a variable) against or on another variable.
a model in which C and Y are regressed on the same variables
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Astronomy
move in a retrograde direction.
a planet regularly regresses
名词
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the action of returning to a former or less developed state.
the regress is a return to Puritan values
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Philosophy
a series of statements in which a logical procedure is continually reapplied to its own result without approaching a useful conclusion (e.g. defining something in terms of itself).
