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at·a·vism
I. \ˈad.əˌvizəm, ˈatəˌ-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: French atavisme, from Latin atavus ancestor, grandfather's or grandmother's great-grandfather (perhaps from atta daddy + avus grandfather) + French -isme -ism
1. : recurrence in an organism or in any of its parts of a form typical of ancestors more remote than the parents usually due to recombination of ancestral genes
2. : an individual or character manifesting atavism : throwback, reversion
< he was a magnificent atavism, a man so purely primitive — Jack London >
II. noun
: recurrence of or reversion to a past style, manner, outlook, approach, or activity
< architectural atavism > |