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atavists

atavists is the plural of atavist.

Meaning of atavist

Noun

atavist (plural atavists)

  1. A genetic characteristic emerging after an absence from several generations.
  2. A person of atavistic beliefs or habits.

Questions about atavists

What is atavists the plural of?
Atavists is the plural of atavist.

Words near atavists in the dictionary

  1. atavisms
  2. atavist
  3. atavistic
  4. atavistical
  5. atavistically
  6. atavists
  7. ataxaphasia
  8. ataxia
  9. ataxia-telangiectasia
  10. ataxiagraph
  11. ataxiagraphs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: atavists (page history and authors); atavist (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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