ATAVIST Synonyms
There are 2 hypernyms of the word atavist. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for ATAVIST
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| throwback | nounn | |||||||
noun • an organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism • a reappearance of an earlier characteristic adjective satellite • characteristic of an atavist | ||||||||
| primitive | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization • a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived • a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms adjective satellite • belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness • little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type • used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies • of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style | ||||||||
| reversion | nounn | |||||||
noun • (law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or his heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee) • (genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation) • a reappearance of an earlier characteristic • turning in the opposite direction • returning to a former state • a failure to maintain a higher state | ||||||||
