ATAVISMS

8 letters 13 Scrabble points

Definition of ATAVISMS

noun

  1. The reappearance of an ancestral characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence.

  2. The recurrence or reversion to a past behaviour, method, characteristic or style after a long period of absence.

  3. Reversion to past primitive behavior, especially violence.

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters A T A V I S M S
Length 8 letters
Scrabble Score 13 points