atavistic
Meaning of atavistic
adjective
- Of the recurrence of a trait reappearing after an absence of one or more generations due to a chance recombination of genes.
- Of a throwback or exhibiting primitivism.
- Relating to earlier, more primitive behavior that returns after an absence.
Information about atavistic
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of atavistic
atavis-tic
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- atavistic is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
atavistic synonyms
Meaning throwback:
Translation of atavistic
- German: atavistisch
- Italian: atavico
- Spanish: atávico, atávica
Words that rhyme with atavistic
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