"age regression" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: age regressions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} age regression (countable and uncountable, plural age regressions)
  1. A mental reversion to a younger age; used in therapy, as a coping mechanism, in roleplay or as a manifestation of a psychiatric issue. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-age_regression-en-noun-BMlr76RU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Age, Age regression, Youth Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 79 21 Disambiguation of Age: 51 49 Disambiguation of Age regression: 49 51 Disambiguation of Youth: 53 47
  2. (fiction) The physical reversion to a younger age, sometimes spontaneously and non-consensually. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-age_regression-en-noun-Qmw2cQTi Categories (other): Fiction, Age, Age regression, Youth Disambiguation of Age: 51 49 Disambiguation of Age regression: 49 51 Disambiguation of Youth: 53 47 Topics: fiction, literature, media, publishing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: agere, agereg Related terms: age regress, age regressor

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