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Synonyms for atavism
ˈæt əˌvɪz əmatavism
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atavismnoun
Synonyms:
throwbackatavismnoun
Synonyms:
skip a generation
Princeton's WordNet
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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#3815 | reverse | |
#8636 | regression | |
#15621 | reversal | |
#17866 | turnaround | |
#21097 | lapse | |
#25141 | relapse | |
#31016 | throwback | |
#39147 | regress | |
#40939 | reversion | |
#52350 | reverting | |
#75553 | relapsing | |
#100874 | turnabout | |
#111234 | lapsing | |
#114563 | backsliding | |
#158119 | retrogression | |
#248648 | atavism |
How to use atavism in a sentence?
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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