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regressionary

regressionary adjective: tending to regress; regressive.

Adjective

regressionary (comparative more regressionary, superlative most regressionary)

  1. Tending to regress; regressive.

Forms of regressionary

comparativemore regressionary
superlativemost regressionary

Origin of regressionary

From regression + -ary.

Questions about regressionary

What does regressionary mean?
Regressionary means tending to regress; regressive.
What part of speech is regressionary?
Regressionary is an adjective.

Words near regressionary in the dictionary

  1. regression to the mean
  2. regression toward the mean
  3. regression tree
  4. regression trees
  5. regressional
  6. regressionary
  7. regressionism
  8. regressionist
  9. regressionists
  10. regressions
  11. regressions to the mean

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