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atavism
(encz) | atavism,atavismus n: Zdeněk Brož |
Atavism
(gcide) | Atavism \At"a*vism\, n. [L. atavus an ancestor, fr. avus a
grandfather.]
1.
(a) The recurrence, or a tendency to a recurrence, of the
original type of a species in the progeny of its
varieties; resemblance to remote rather than to near
ancestors; reversion to the original form.
(b) (Biol.) The recurrence of any peculiarity or disease
of an ancestor in a subsequent generation, after an
intermission for a generation or two.
[1913 Webster]
Now and then there occur cases of what
physiologists call atavism, or reversion to an
ancestral type of character. --J. Fiske
[1913 Webster]
2. recurrence of or reversion to a past style, outlook,
approach, or manner.
[PJC] |
atavism
(wn) | atavism
n 1: a reappearance of an earlier characteristic [syn:
atavism, reversion, throwback] |
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