throwback

Meanings

Plural: throwbacks

Noun

• an organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism
• a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
• A reversion to an earlier stage of development.
• A person considered to be primitive, uncivilized and mentally deficient.
• An organism that has characteristics of a more primitive form.
• An atavism.
• A person similar to an ancestor, or something new similar to what already existed.
• A person or thing that evokes memories.
• A practice to avoid untaxed nowhere income by instead taxing such income in the originating state for a given transaction.

Adjective Satellite

• characteristic of an atavist

Synonyms

atavism, atavist, atavistic, reversion

Related Words

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