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atavistic::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | throwback |
| Derivation | atavist |
Examples of atavistic
atavistic
When it comes to the T-word, Kenyan politics are neither atavistic nor illogical.
From the latitude.blogs.nytimes.com
Scandal, or an eruption of atavistic, Conservatism may yet weaken Mr Cameron.
From the economist.com
This is atavistic manhood, stripped of all weapons but fists, guile and will.
From the time.com
By the early 20th century it had become a place of almost atavistic longing.
From the economist.com
Everything he is doing is intuitive, atavistic, an act of love and gluttony.
From the time.com
These and countless other.'atavistic conflicts are now waged with the newest weapons.
From the time.com
The atavistic nationalism of Mr Nikolic and his party has long been horribly obvious.
From the economist.com
The monarchy, lest we forget, is the most atavistic monument to patriarchy.
From the guardian.co.uk
It could even be some kind of atavistic tendency to return to small tribes.
From the newscientist.com
- Characteristic of an atavist
- The term atavism (derived from the Latin atavus, a great-grandfather's grandfather; more generally, an ancestor) denotes the tendency to revert to ancestral type. An atavism is an evolutionary throwback, such as traits reappearing which had disappeared generations ago. ...
- (Atavism (Slough Feg album)) Atavism is the fifth studio album released by the American heavy metal band Slough Feg (formerly The Lord Weird Slough Feg). A vinyl edition was also produced by Forest Moon Special Products in a limited print of 500.
- Of the recurrence of a trait reappearing after an absence of one or more generations due to a chance recombination of genes; of a throwback or exhibiting primitivism; relating to earlier, more primitive behavior that returns after an absence
- (atavistically) In an atavistic manner
- An atavism is a trait in an individual presumed to have been present in a past ancestor. Juvenile white-bellied caiques almost always have black feathers on their heads that after one or two molts are replaced with the apricot feathers that we see in adults. ...
- (Atavism) Reversion to an earlier, ancestral type.
- (ATAVISM) A throwback; reoccurrence of features normally no longer evident in a lineage.
- (Atavism) The recurrence of certain primitive characteristics that were present in an ancestor but have not occurred in intermediate generations.
