All atavism synonyms
at·a·vism
A a noun atavism
- reversion — the act of turning something the reverse way.
- relapse — to fall or slip back into a former state, practice, etc.: to relapse into silence.
- lapse — an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard: a lapse of justice.
- regression — the act of going back to a previous place or state; return or reversion.
- throwback — an act of throwing back.
- retrogression — the act of retrogressing; movement backward.
- retrogradation — backward movement.