Atavism Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ism

Atavism has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

a reappearance of an earlier characteristic

atavism reversion throwback

The reappearance of an ancestral characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence; a throwback.

See Also

atavistic reappearance absence style behaviour ancestral skip generation generation

Related Terms

atavistic reappearance absence style behaviour ancestral skip generation generation throwback method characteristic atavisms organism atavistical

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

recurrence

Rhyming Words

ism oism jism wuism agism meism prism yoism quism reism weism tuism ovism idism grism deism seism icism zoism owlism

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