throwback

throwback
Synonyms and related words:
atavism, backset, backsliding, backward deviation, backward motion, backward step, check, comedown, descent, down, falling back, lapse, reaction, recession, recidivation, recidivism, recrudescence, recurrence, reentry, refluence, reflux, regress, regression, relapse, renewal, retroaction, retrocession, retroflexion, retrogradation, retrogression, retrusion, return, reversal, reverse, reverse of fortune, reversion, rollback, setback, severe check, sternway|

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  • throwback — throwback. См. регресс. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • throwback — throwback. = regress (см.). (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • throwback — index reversion (act of returning) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • throwback — reversion to an ancestral type or character, 1888, from THROW (Cf. throw) (v.) + BACK (Cf. back) (adv.); earlier it meant a reverse in a course or progress, a relapse (1856) …   Etymology dictionary

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  • throwback — ► NOUN ▪ a reversion to an earlier ancestral type or characteristic …   English terms dictionary

  • throwback — [thrō′bak΄] n. 1. Now Rare the act of throwing back; check, stop, or reversal 2. reversion to an earlier or more primitive type or condition 3. an instance or example of this …   English World dictionary

  • throwback — throw|back [ˈθrəubæk US ˈθrou ] n [C usually singular] something that is similar to something that existed in the past, or belongs to the past throwback to ▪ Her whole outfit was a throwback to the 1970s. ▪ a social event which is a throwback to… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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