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Atavism

Noun

Definitionen

1.NounThe reappearance of an ancestral characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence; a throwback.
2.NounThe recurrence or reversion to a past behaviour, method, characteristic or style after a long period of absence.
3.NounReversion to past primitive behavior, especially violence.
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