RETROVERSION Synonyms
7 hypernyms for retroversion. (close relations)
Best Synonyms for RETROVERSION
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| regress | verb v | |||||
noun • the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence • returning to a former state verb • go back to a statistical means • go back to a previous state • get worse or fall back to a previous condition • go back to bad behavior | ||||||
| regression | noun n | |||||
noun • an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely • (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state • 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) • returning to a former state | ||||||
| retroflection | noun n | |||||
noun • a turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part • an articulatory gesture made by turning the tip of the tongue back against the roof of the mouth • the act of bending backward | ||||||
| retroflexion | noun n | |||||
noun • a turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part • an articulatory gesture made by turning the tip of the tongue back against the roof of the mouth • the act of bending backward | ||||||
| retrogression | noun n | |||||
noun • passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form • returning to a former state | ||||||
| reversion | noun n | |||||
noun • (law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or his heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee) • (genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation) • a reappearance of an earlier characteristic • turning in the opposite direction • returning to a former state • a failure to maintain a higher state | ||||||