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Meaning of throwback

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

throwback

Pronunciation:/ˈθɹəʊ.bæk//ˈθɹoʊ.bæk/

noun

Definitions

  1. A reversion to an earlier stage of development.

  2. A person considered to be primitive, uncivilized and mentally deficient.

  3. An organism that has characteristics of a more primitive form.

  4. An atavism.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/throwback

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regressivereversionatavismatavisticatavistregressionregressretrogression