atavism
Betekenis (Engels)
- (countable, uncountable) The reappearance of an ancestral characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence; a throwback.
- (countable, uncountable) The recurrence or reversion to a past behaviour, method, characteristic or style after a long period of absence.
- (countable, uncountable) Reversion to past primitive behavior, especially violence.
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Vertalings
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈætəˌvɪzəm/
Etimologie (Engels)
From French atavisme.
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