regressionist

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noun

One who promotes or follows regressionism.

“This politician is a regressionist who disregards what people care about now.”

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Meanings

nounregressionist (plural regressionists)

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. psychotherapyOne who carries out regressions, inducing a patient to act out behaviour typical of an earlier developmental stage.

Origin

From regression + -ist.

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APA

regressionist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/regressionist

MLA

“regressionist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/regressionist. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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