Associations to the word «Atavism»

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.

ATAVISM, noun. A reappearance of an earlier characteristic.