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Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from French atavisme.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈta.vizm/
- Rhymes: -avizm
- Syllabification: a‧ta‧wizm
Noun
atawizm m inan
- (genetics) atavism (reappearance of an ancestral characteristic)
- (sociology) atavism (reversion to past primitive behavior, especially violence)
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Further reading
- atawizm in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- atawizm in Polish dictionaries at PWN