Definitions from Wiktionary (atavism)

▸ noun:  The reappearance of an ancestral characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence; a throwback.
▸ noun:  The recurrence or reversion to a past behaviour, method, characteristic or style after a long period of absence.
▸ noun:  (sociology) Reversion to past primitive behavior, especially violence.
▸ Also see atavism


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