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atavismo — 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

atavismo 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

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