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regressionist

regressionist noun: one who promotes or follows regressionism.

Noun

regressionist (plural regressionists)

  1. One who promotes or follows regressionism.
    • This politician is a regressionist who disregards what people care about now.
  2. One who travels back in time.
    • She, too, was a past-life regressionist. I asked, “Do you remember if you had a lifetime in connection with Nazi Germany?” She replied, “Oh, I thought you knew. I was a prison warden at Auschwitz. […]2010, Denise Linn, Past Lives, Present Miracles
  3. (psychotherapy) One who carries out regressions, inducing a patient to act out behaviour typical of an earlier developmental stage.

Forms of regressionist

pluralregressionists

Origin of regressionist

From regression + -ist.

Questions about regressionist

What does regressionist mean?
Regressionist means one who promotes or follows regressionism.
What part of speech is regressionist?
Regressionist is a noun.
What is the plural of regressionist?
The plural of regressionist is regressionists.

Words near regressionist in the dictionary

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

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