REVERSIONIST

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior

Synonyms:

backslider; recidivist; reversionist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("reversionist" is a kind of...):

offender; wrongdoer (a person who transgresses moral or civil law)

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