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Glossary of Psychiatry Terms
beginning with letter R
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recidivism
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noun
  1. Committing new offenses after being punished for a crime
    The increase in criminal activity was attributed to recidivism.
regression
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noun
  1. an action of regressing, a return to a previous state
    • 1899: Thorstein Veblen, The Theory of the Leisure Class
    • :Few of these groups or communities that are classed as "savage" show no traces of from a more advanced cultural stage.
      1. (statistics) an analytic method to measure the relationship between two variables
resistance
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noun
  1. The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.
  2. (physics) A force that tends to oppose motion.
  3. (physics) Shortened form of electrical resistance.
  4. (sociology) An underground organization engaged in a struggle for liberation from forceful occupation.
retarded
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verb
  1. Past tense of retard; slowed.
  2. Past participle of retard; slowed.
adjective
  1. Delayed in development.
growth
  1. (slang) Having mental retardation.
  2. (slang) Under the influence of alcohol.
retrograde amnesia
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noun
  1. The loss of memories from the period leading up to the amnesic episode
retrogress
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verb (retrogress, es)
  1. (intransitive) To return to an earlier, simpler or worse condition; to regress.
  2. (intransitive) To go backwards; to retreat.
  3. (intransitive) To return to bad behaviour; to relapse.
ritual
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noun
  1. rite; a repeated set of actions
They carried out the ritual carefully.
adjective
  1. Related to a rite or repeated set of actions.
They performed the ritual lighting of the candles.
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