HyperDic: atavism

English > 1 sense of the word *atavism*:
NOUN	event	atavism, reversion, throwback	a reappearance of an earlier characteristic

atavism > pronunciation
Sounds	ae'tahvihzahm
Rhymes	abolitionism ... zirconium: 557 rhymes with ahm...

English > *atavism*: 1 sense > noun 1, event
Meaning	A reappearance of an earlier characteristic.
Synonyms	reversion, throwback
Broader	recurrence, return	happening / happening / happening again (especially at regular intervals)
Spanish	atavismo
Catalan	atavisme, salt enrere
Nouns	atavist	an organism that has the characteristics / characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism