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Atavism

nounid 10584·updated May 18, 2026
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a reappearance of an earlier characteristic

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
reversion
plural
Atavisms
possessive
Atavism's
pluralpossessive
Atavisms'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
§1
a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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