throwback.
A reversion to an earlier stage of development.
Meaning & usage
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.
Where this word comes from
Deverbal from throw back.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.