atavisme — meaning in English
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English meaning
- atavism noun The reappearance of an ancestral characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence; a throwback.
Senses
atavisme is used for these senses in English:
- atavism The reappearance of an ancestral characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence; a throwback.
atavism — full definition
- noun The reappearance of an ancestral characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence; a throwback.
- noun The recurrence or reversion to a past behaviour, method, characteristic or style after a long period of absence.
- noun A reversion to past primitive behavior, especially violence.