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Atavism   /ˈætəvɪzəm/   Listen
Atavism

noun
1.
A reappearance of an earlier characteristic.  Synonyms: reversion, throwback.






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"Atavism" Quotes from Famous Books



... it atavism if you will—which adorned Miss Slayback's dun-colored walls was a passe-partout snowscape, night closing in, and pink cottage windows peering out from under eaves. She could visualize that interior as if she had only to turn the frame for the smell ...
— Gaslight Sonatas • Fannie Hurst



Words linked to "Atavism" :   return, recurrence, atavist



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