reversionism

re·ver·sion·ist

[ri-vuhr-zhuh-nist, -shuh-]
noun
1.
a person who advocates reverting to the conditions, customs, ideals, etc., of an earlier era.
adjective
2.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a reversionist.

Origin:
reversion + -ist

re·ver·sion·ism, noun
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reversionist

noun
someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior [syn: recidivist
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