Pronunciation: /rɪˈɡrɛsɪv ɪnˈsænɪti ˈsɪndroʊm/
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1. A psychological and metaphysical condition observed in individuals who experience cyclical temporal regression, typically triggered by death, and return to a fixed point in their personal timeline. The syndrome describes the progressive erosion of sanity and the conscious adoption of a fractured psyche as a direct result of the accumulated trauma from repeated deaths and lived experiences across multiple timelines.
2. The defining state where the subject ceases to perceive regression as a failure or a punishment, and instead weaponizes the process. By deliberately absorbing the existential dissonance and psychic feedback of their fractured existence, the subject transforms latent insanity into a source of power, strategic insight, or unconventional ability, viewing each life and death as an experimental data point for achieving a superordinate goal.
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1. A psychological and metaphysical condition observed in individuals who experience cyclical temporal regression, typically triggered by death, and return to a fixed point in their personal timeline. The syndrome describes the progressive erosion of sanity and the conscious adoption of a fractured psyche as a direct result of the accumulated trauma from repeated deaths and lived experiences across multiple timelines.
2. The defining state where the subject ceases to perceive regression as a failure or a punishment, and instead weaponizes the process. By deliberately absorbing the existential dissonance and psychic feedback of their fractured existence, the subject transforms latent insanity into a source of power, strategic insight, or unconventional ability, viewing each life and death as an experimental data point for achieving a superordinate goal.
Characters like 'Kim Gong-Ja' from the manhwa "SSS Class Suicide Hunter" and 'Encrid' from the manhwa "Eternally Regressing Knight" use their eternal regression curse as a tool and a method to get stronger, meanwhile also obtaining the insanity of being able to tolerate pain and death tens and even hundreds of times without giving up. This is the definition of the 'Regressive Insanity Syndrome'
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Get the Age Regression mug.Regressives are left-wing authoritarians who prioritize identity politics and intersectionality over traditional politics; they are nasty dregs of little intellect, crude understanding, and a mean-spirited nature which they project into their enemies, almost every accusation against them is a self-report; their lack of empathy and abstract thought makes it impossible to place themselves in the minds of their opponents, they must fill in the gaps of what might motivate someone with their own insecurities, fears, and frame of mind. Unlike progressives, they are decidedly against free speech, though they attempt to cloak this in the name of "fighting hate"
Regressives are impetuous, emotionally immature, and emotionally fragile; they childishly lash out at any slight real or imagined, and the punishment for the slight is typically out of proportion for what the slight was, for they believe the world revolves around their feelings. If you are the cause of any emotional pain they endure, you committed an objective wrong and need to be punished regardless of intent.
Ressgrivess are amoral; right and wrong are completely dependent on how they feel insofar as they acknowledge right and wrong exist. They value nothing but their own feelings, not only is nothing sacred to regressive, they enjoy trampling on what is sacred to others, and they take a perverse satisfaction from profaning the good, the true, and the beautiful.
Regressives are impetuous, emotionally immature, and emotionally fragile; they childishly lash out at any slight real or imagined, and the punishment for the slight is typically out of proportion for what the slight was, for they believe the world revolves around their feelings. If you are the cause of any emotional pain they endure, you committed an objective wrong and need to be punished regardless of intent.
Ressgrivess are amoral; right and wrong are completely dependent on how they feel insofar as they acknowledge right and wrong exist. They value nothing but their own feelings, not only is nothing sacred to regressive, they enjoy trampling on what is sacred to others, and they take a perverse satisfaction from profaning the good, the true, and the beautiful.
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Get the passive-regressive mug."Regression to the Gene" is the uncanny and often hilarious phenomenon where, despite one's valiant efforts, countless self-help books, and even the occasional life-changing seminar, an individual's behavior, quirks, and even sneeze patterns inevitably circle back to mirror those of their family tree. It's as if your DNA has a sense of humor, ensuring that no matter how hard you try to reinvent yourself, you'll find yourself laughing like your dad at bad jokes, hoarding condiments like your mom, or even adopting grandpa's infamous eyebrow wiggle during serious conversations. This cosmic joke of nature proves that you can take the person out of the family, but you can't take the family out of the person. So next time you catch yourself saying, "I'll never be like my parents!" remember, regression to the gene waits for no one, ready to remind you that family traits stick closer than that one sock you can't seem to get rid of.
"After years of yoga and meditation to calm his fiery temper, John exploded over a spilled coffee, proving once again the inescapable pull of regression to the gene. He laughed it off, saying, 'Well, looks like I'm truly my father's son!'"
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A malapropism often said in error by someone unfamiliar with statistics. The speaker likely means "linear regression".
"Iterative Regression" is said by one trying to sound like a smart data scientist. Hearing this may trigger contempt for the speaker.
Also see: Logistical Regression
A malapropism often said in error by someone unfamiliar with statistics. The speaker likely means "linear regression".
"Iterative Regression" is said by one trying to sound like a smart data scientist. Hearing this may trigger contempt for the speaker.
Also see: Logistical Regression
Carter's co-worker was "short"-sighted in their abilities. When challenged on the amount of data science she produced the co-worker responded erroneously "We do iterative regression every day".
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