US /ˈθɹoʊ.bæk/ UK /ˈθɹəʊ.bæk/
noun Freq #37046

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a reappearance of an ancestral trait or a person or thing resembling an earlier type

    The biologist considered the unusual marking an evolutionary throwback.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a reappearance of an... atavismreversion

Etymology

Deverbal from throw back.

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