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Reversion To A Former Type Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is ATAVISM which was last seen in the The Guardian Speedy crossword.
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noun

• a reappearance of an earlier characteristic

35%10A reversion to a former or less developed state, often in response to stress or anxiety.
noun

• an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely

• (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state

• the relation between selected values of x and observed values of y (from which the most probable value of y can be predicted for any value of x)

• returning to a former state

35%12 The reversion of territory or property to its former owner after wartime occupation
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The Guardian Speedy17 Jan 2021 Down 5
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