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regression
n. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state
fixation, infantile fixation, arrested development
n. an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely
reversion, regress, retrogression, retroversion
n. returning to a former state
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degeneration
n. the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality
corruption
n. decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)
diminution, decline
n. change toward something smaller or lower
deterioration, worsening, decline in quality
n. process of changing to an inferior state
dissolution, disintegration
n. separation into component parts
addiction, dependence, dependency
n. being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
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