reversionist

reversionist
—reversionism, n.
/ri vur"zheuh nist, -sheuh-/, n.
1. a person who advocates reverting to the conditions, customs, ideals, etc., of an earlier era.
adj.
2. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a reversionist.
[REVERSION + -IST]

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