throwback
Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈθɹəʊ.bæk/
  • (America) IPA: /ˈθɹoʊ.bæk/
Noun

throwback

  1. A reversion to an earlier stage of development.
  2. (pejorative) A person considered to be primitive, uncivilized and mentally deficient.
  3. An organism that has characteristics of a more primitive form.
  4. An atavism.
  5. A person similar to an ancestor, or something new similar to what already existed.
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