atavism

Meaning

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

Synonyms

reversion

throwback

throw-back

heredity

inheritance

revversion to type

Translations

atavisme

atavismo

atavismo

atavismo

Atavismus

atavisme

αταβισμός

κληρονομικότητα

Rückschlag

atacılık

atavizm

atavisme

Atavismo

ataç

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈætəˌvɪzəm/

Etymology

From French atavisme.