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REVERSIONIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does reversionist mean?
• REVERSIONIST (noun)
The noun REVERSIONIST has 1 sense:
1. someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior
Familiarity information: REVERSIONIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
backslider; recidivist; reversionist
Hypernyms ("reversionist" is a kind of...):
offender; wrongdoer (a person who transgresses moral or civil law)
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