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ATAVISM

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Dictionary entry overview: What does atavism mean?

• ATAVISM (noun)
The noun ATAVISM has 1 sense:

1. a reappearance of an earlier characteristic

Familiarity information: ATAVISM used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ATAVISM (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A reappearance of an earlier characteristic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

atavism; throwback; reversion

Hypernyms ("atavism" is a kind of...):

recurrence; return (happening again (especially at regular intervals))

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