English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of atavism

atavism

/ विरासत; पूर्वजता;

Synonym hereditamanet;

Next : avuncularPrevious : mediated

English Dictionary:

1. Atavism

[n.]

- The recurrence, or a tendency to a recurrence, of the original type of a species in the progeny of its varieties; resemblance to remote rather than to near ancestors; reversion to the original form.
- The recurrence of any peculiarity or disease of an ancestor in a subsequent generation, after an intermission for a generation or two.