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1atavistic — adj. 1. 1 displaying characteristics of a previous cultural era or of a previous ancestral form; displaying atavism Syn: atavic, throwback(prenominal) [WordNet 1.5] || …
2atavistic — index genetic, regressive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3atavistic — pertaining to atavism, 1847; see ATAVISM (Cf. atavism) + IC (Cf. ic) …
4atavistic — reversionary (see under REVERSION) …
5atavistic — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ returning to something ancient or ancestral. DERIVATIVES atavism noun atavistically adverb. ORIGIN from Latin atavus forefather …
6atavistic — adjective /æt.əˈvɪs.tɪk/ a) of the recurrence of a trait reappearing after an absence of one or more generations due to a chance recombination of genes. Although the heterozygote gives it an atavistic appearance, the gene is not atavistic. b) of… …
7atavistic — [[t]æ̱təvɪ̱stɪk[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Atavistic feelings or behaviour seem to be very primitive, like the feelings or behaviour of our earliest ancestors. [FORMAL] ...an atavistic fear of thunder and lightning. Syn: primordial …
8atavistic — at|a|vis|tic [ˌætəˈvıstık] adj formal [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: atavism being like ancestors (19 21 centuries), from French atavisme, from Latin atavus ancestor ] atavistic feelings are very basic human feelings that people have felt since humans …
9atavistic — adjective formal atavistic feelings are very basic human feelings, that people have felt since humans have existed …
10Atavistic regression — is a hypnosis related concept introduced by the Australian scholar and psychiatrist Ainslie Meares.Meares coined his term from the English atavism, which is derived from the Latin atavus , meaning a great grandfather s grandfather and, thus, more …
