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Atavism   /ˈætəvɪzəm/   Listen
Atavism

noun
1.
A reappearance of an earlier characteristic.  Synonyms: reversion, throwback.





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"Atavism" Quotes from Famous Books



... attention to duty. All unconsciously she was a true daughter of the twentieth century, and probably a feminist at heart, which is to say that her conduct was determined by no preconceived or handed-down notions of what was proper and lady-like. For feminism, in a sense, is a return to atavism, and sex antagonism and sex attraction are functions of the same thing. There were moments when she believed herself to hate Mr. Ditmar, when she treated him with an aloofness, an impersonality unsurpassed; moments when he paused ...
— The Crossing • Winston Churchill
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... on his deathbed—and your father was wild and clever like Carl and singular in his notions. I'll never forget your grandfather's face when you ran away into the forest to sleep as a child. He was white and sick and muttered something about atavism. It—it ...
— Diane of the Green Van • Leona Dalrymple
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Words linked to "Atavism" :   reversion, recurrence, return, throwback, atavist


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