atavism
/ˈætəˌvɪzəm/
构词拆解
- -ism
- Used to form nouns of action, process, or result based on the accompanying verb ending in -ise or -ize. · Used to form the name of a school of thought, system, or theory based on the name of its subject or object or alternatively on the name of its founder (When de-capitalized, these overlap with the generic "doctrines" sense below, e.g. Liberalism vs. liberalism.)
词源链
- 英语English
atavism
词源说明
Borrowed from French atavisme.. By surface analysis, at- (“to”) + Latin av(us) (“grandfather, ancestor”) + -ism. Compare ancestorism.
释义
名词noun
- 1The reappearance of an ancestral characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence; a throwback.
- 2The recurrence or reversion to a past behaviour, method, characteristic or style