Atavistic Definition

ătə-vĭstĭk
adjective
(biology) Of the recurrence of a trait reappearing after an absence of one or more generations due to a chance recombination of genes.
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Of a throwback or exhibiting primitivism.

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Relating to earlier, more primitive behavior that returns after an absence.
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Origin of Atavistic

  • From atavism +‎ -istic, from French atavisme, from Latin atavus (“ancestor”), from at + avus (“grandfather”).

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