Associations to the word «Atavism»
Noun
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Wiktionary
ATAVISM, noun. The reappearance of an ancestral characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence.
ATAVISM, noun. The recurrence or reversion to a past behaviour, method, characteristic or style after a long period of absence.
ATAVISM, noun. (sociology) Reversion to past primitive behavior, especially violence.
Dictionary definition
ATAVISM, noun. A reappearance of an earlier characteristic.
Wise words
When you have spoken the word, it reigns over you. When it
is unspoken you reign over it.