Atavism

noun

/ˈætəˌvɪzəm/

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounThe reappearance of an ancestral characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence.

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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