throwback

(t̸hrōbak′)

noun

  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

See throwback in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A reversion to a former type or ancestral characteristic.
  2. See atavism.

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