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
We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control
our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we
are then master of the situation.