<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the reversion to an ancestral or earlier type or character</li><li>atavism</li><li>an individual having the characteristics of a remote ancestor or primitive type</li><li>an example of atavism</li><li>a person or thing that evokes memories or imitates something from the past</li><li>an act of throwing back</li><li>a setback or check</li></ul>