Development
Development noun - The act or process of going from the simple or basic to the complex or advanced.
Usage example: the development of an idea into a marketable product
Reversion is an antonym for development.
Reversion
Reversion noun - The act or an instance of going back to an earlier and lower level especially of intelligence or behavior.
Usage example: after the birth of his baby brother, the toddler temporarily underwent a kind of reversion, acting like a baby himself
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Synonyms for Reversion
Development is an antonym for reversion.
Both words in one sentence
- Everlasting death for the most faithful companion — loss of memories causing the reversion of a significant amount of character development.
Source: Death of Personality - So Morrison was right in his assessment of him— he just failed to consider all the character development Magneto had since then, or did not properly explain the reversion beyond the influence of alien mind control spores.
Source: Character Derailment / X-Men
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