reversion
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7.9
- noun
- /rɪˈvɜrʒən/
- Specialized
:
reversión
- The scientist observed a fascinating reversion to earlier genetic traits in the lab mice after several generations.
Examples
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But here again, we can see how the modern doctrine of multiculturalism is, in reality, a quite primitive reversion back to earlier ways of life.
Blog text (32) -
If a student at Level 6 (stylistic improvisation) encounters a new style, there can be a similar reversion.
Academic text (1991) -
Silver first points to a reversion to the mean.
Blog text (21) -
Over the long run, price behavior seems consistent with a model of slow mean reversion.
Academic text (2001) -
You can see this in the reversion to the mean of the various models for predicting the House elections.
Blog text (5) -
In the event of collapse, one could anticipate a reversion to tribal behavior.
Blog text (23) -
There's some sort of reversion to what how you would see as an infant just getting sight for the first time.
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But Chester, the miracle of her reversion is not the most interesting part of Elizabeth's story.
Fiction book (1995) -
For instance, was 2008 simply a reversion to the mean of white turnout after a heavy 2004 turnout, or was 2008 the outlier?
Blog text (10) -
It drew a little bit from evolutionary theory because there was this notion and evolution, as Claire mentioned, of reversion and atavism.
Synonyms
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7.1
A person or thing that has features from an earlier time
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9.9
A body part or feature that appears again from a long-ago ancestor, like a tail
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6.2
The return of a disease or symptom after a time when the person gets better
A stage in embryo development when features from ancestors appear
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Reversion comes from re- 'back' and vert 'turn', the same idea you see in reverse, meaning a 'turning back'. That's why in biology a reversion is the return or reappearance of an earlier trait.