throwback

Signification (Anglais)

1. (countable, uncountable) A reversion to an earlier stage of development.
2. (countable, derogatory, uncountable) A person considered to be primitive, uncivilized and mentally deficient.
3. (countable, uncountable) An organism that has characteristics of a more primitive form.
4. (countable, uncountable) An atavism.
5. (countable, uncountable) A person similar to an ancestor, or something new similar to what already existed.
6. (attributive, countable, often, slang, uncountable) A person or thing that evokes memories.
7. (US, countable, uncountable) A practice to avoid untaxed nowhere income by instead taxing such income in the originating state for a given transaction.

Concepts

atavisme

retour

retour en arrière

atavique

flash-back

rétrospective

atavus

renvoyer

Synonymes

atavism

reversion

atavistic

atavist

keepsake

memento

recollection

reentry

relic

reminiscence

return

switchover

throw-over

memory

cut-over

switching over

comeback

coming back

flashback

Traductions

atavismo

atavizm

atacılık

atavismo

atavismo

Atavismus

atavisme

atávico

αταβισμός

reversão

Rückkehr

reversione

riversione

atavisme

salt enrere

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈθɹəʊ.bæk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Deverbal from throw back.