as in regression
the act or an instance of going back to an earlier and lower level especially of intelligence or behavior
after the birth of his baby brother, the toddler temporarily underwent a kind of reversion, acting like a baby himself
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Recent Examples of reversion
But further study is needed to understand the benefit of this transformation — and why the reversion is occurring in the first place, Jozwiak said.
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Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
Is this Rick’s fresh start, or a reversion to his old ways?
—Willing Davidson, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
The Biden administration completed the reversion to a Cold War frame, declaring a global divide between democracies and autocracies, with China and Russia reprising their roles as principal foes.
—Jennifer Kavanagh, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2025
But there are a wide range of both broken skills and weapons (go try out Sturm), and some promised updates or nerf reversions don’t seem to have happened at all.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reversion
regression
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One of the reasons for their regression was Monken’s unit also regressed.—
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Signs of Tagovailoa’s regression began to show in 2025.—
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“Reversion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reversion. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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