Shift and Throwback

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Shift noun - An action planned or taken to achieve a desired result.

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Throwback and shift are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Throwback" instead a noun "Shift".

Nearby Words: shifting, shifted, shifty, shiftiness, shifter

Throwback noun - A reappearance of an earlier characteristic.

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Shift and throwback are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Shift" instead a noun "Throwback".

Art Shift: The Nifty Nineties (which was a throwback to The Gay Nineties, as in the 1890s) had Mickey and Minnie go to a vaudeville theater and watch a non-animated slideshow done in the sketchy style of John Held, a Roaring Twenties illustrator who also liked to send up The Gay Nineties.

Source: Western Animation / Classic Disney Shorts
Mix and Match: 80s-style Genre Throwback with frequent Genre Shift into Psychological Thriller territory and even some optional elements of a Puzzle Game.

Source: Video Game / Hotline Miami
Genre Shift / Genre Throwback: Where the previous three films were heavily based on the pulp adventure serials of the '30s and '40s, this one is derived in part from the pulp sci-fi of the '50s.

Source: Film / Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

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