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ˈæt əˌvɪz əmatavism

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  1. atavismnoun

    Synonyms:
    throwback

  2. atavismnoun

    Synonyms:
    skip a generation

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  1. atavism, reversion, throwbacknoun

    a reappearance of an earlier characteristic

    Synonyms:
    reverting, reversal, turnabout, turnaround, relapsing, lapse, regress, backsliding, lapsing, throwback, regression, reverse, atavist, retrogression, relapse, retroversion, reversion

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  1. Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil:

    What a time experiences as evil, is usually an untimely echo of what was formerly experienced as good--the atavism of a more ancient ideal.

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