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Throwback
01
a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
throwbacks
02
an organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism
03
a person, thing, or event that recalls or resembles something from the past
Slang
Examples
That old song is such a throwback to my high school days.
throwback
01
characteristic of an atavist
Grammatical Information
Composition
Compound
qualitative
Superlative
most throwback
Comparative
more throwback
gradable
Lexical Tree
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