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Atavism
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an ancestral or ancient trait, feeling, outlook, activity, etc. that modern humans revert to
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Compound
Countable
singular
not gender specific
Plural form
atavisms
Examples
The sudden aggression he displayed seemed like an atavism from a primal past.
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