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
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.