reversionist

• Nom désignant une personne qui revient à des comportements, habitudes ou états antérieurs, souvent indésirables, ou qui adhère à une doctrine prônant un retour à un état passé.

A noun referring to a person who reverts to earlier, often undesirable, patterns of behavior or habits.

1. Relapse into old habitsC1formal

   A person who reverts to previous, often undesirable, patterns of behavior after a period of improvement.

   Récidiviste (dans ses mauvaises habitudes)

   • After months of healthy eating, he became a reversionist and started eating junk food again.
   • The therapy helped her, but she was a reversionist who fell back into old habits.
   • He was a known reversionist, always returning to his procrastinating ways.

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