Definition of atavistic in English:

atavistic

adjective ˌatəˈvɪstɪkˌædəˈvɪstɪk

Relating to or characterized by reversion to something ancient or ancestral.
atavistic fears and instincts
Example sentencesExamples
- So why must all men look like atavistic throwbacks?
- Where once its atavistic sectarianism could consume what it regarded as its traditional enemies, now it is merely consuming itself.
- One of the other distressing points was his description of how this breaking down of civil society had left only those sorts of leaders who could call on atavistic or sectarian loyalties.
- It brings out deeply hidden atavistic instincts buried deep within you and you begin to prowl in search of prey.
- What if the attraction is an atavistic throwback to the prehistoric human fascination with telling tales?
- Stripped of any political content, today's conflicts in Northern Ireland are now what many wrongly assumed them to be during the Troubles: base, atavistic, sectarian clashes.
- In this context, extreme sports may reflect an atavistic desire to artificially inject risk into lives that seemed devoid of the excitement that only risk can provide.
- If anything, those two secular nationalist movements seem to be taking more radical and atavistic forms that reflect their ethnic and religious sources.
- The dog has an atavistic relationship to humans.
- It was these anomalies that first drew my father's attention to the close relationship between the criminal and the savage and made him suspect that criminal tendencies are of atavistic origin.
- We are engaging in an atavistic, primitive, natural activity which can be justified rationally and can be defended morally, but which is not in itself a rational or moral activity.
- Religion is pictured as old-fashioned, atavistic and dogmatic, defending superstition by burning scientific martyrs at the stake.
- This atavistic fear of bodily hair is entirely compatible with a religion that sought to separate man from his animal origins.
- One minor agony of growing up in Northern Ireland is the atavistic tugging of ethnic loyalty.
- What I find most difficult, as a fairly new father, is balancing the desire - atavistic, primitive, not altogether politically correct - to protect my son from the dangers of the world.
- Far from being atavistic, anti-progressive protectionists, Luddites were logical, rational people who saw financial ruin staring down the barrel at them.
- If there was one striking thing about this performance, it is that it reminded the audience that live theatre is probably our most ancient art, which is why something deep and atavistic thrills when the curtain goes up.
- His fate evokes the atavistic fear of Nature's fury that has been with us since the dawn of history.
- But the attempt to define and punish a category of speech as obscene is an atavistic vestige from a distant era.
- Indulging your atavistic selfish-gene impulse to replicate is neither rational nor moral.
Synonyms
ancient, old, very old, age-old, antediluvian, timeless, dateless, archaic, long-standing, long-lived, time-worn, time-honoured

Derivatives

atavism

noun ˈatəvɪz(ə)mˈædəˌvɪzəm

mass noun

1A tendency to revert to something ancient or ancestral.
the more civilized a society seems to be, the more susceptible it is to its buried atavism
1. 1.1Biology Recurrence of traits of an ancestor in a subsequent generation.
Example sentencesExamples
- Under such circumstances, racism is not an historical atavism, but an entirely normal, and constantly growing, feature of the political landscape.
- You don't have to share the cloyingly sentimental atavism he displays towards Ireland to appreciate his energy and enterprise as a writer who finds material for his novels in every corner of the world.
- Much media and political comment has explained the profundity and rootedness of this feeling in terms of bigotry and criminality, of archaism and atavism.

atavistically

adverbatəˈvɪstɪk(ə)li

Our society has become less cruelly conservative, our politics less atavistically nationalistic, and our culture less turgidly insular.
Example sentencesExamples
- There's something atavistically pleasing about not throwing away kitchen scraps; it makes you feel a better person in some small way.
- For an atavistically bloody entertainment, a bullfight includes much traditional pomp and ceremony.
- There was always something atavistically satisfying about knowing where you stood in international sports - supporting Germany, Argentina, Greece, Albania, whoever.

Origin

Late 19th century: based on Latin atavus 'forefather' + the adjectival suffix -istic.

Definition of atavistic in US English:

atavistic

adjectiveˌadəˈvistikˌædəˈvɪstɪk

Relating to or characterized by reversion to something ancient or ancestral.
atavistic fears and instincts
Example sentencesExamples
- This atavistic fear of bodily hair is entirely compatible with a religion that sought to separate man from his animal origins.
- What I find most difficult, as a fairly new father, is balancing the desire - atavistic, primitive, not altogether politically correct - to protect my son from the dangers of the world.
- If anything, those two secular nationalist movements seem to be taking more radical and atavistic forms that reflect their ethnic and religious sources.
- The dog has an atavistic relationship to humans.
- Where once its atavistic sectarianism could consume what it regarded as its traditional enemies, now it is merely consuming itself.
- So why must all men look like atavistic throwbacks?
- It was these anomalies that first drew my father's attention to the close relationship between the criminal and the savage and made him suspect that criminal tendencies are of atavistic origin.
- In this context, extreme sports may reflect an atavistic desire to artificially inject risk into lives that seemed devoid of the excitement that only risk can provide.
- His fate evokes the atavistic fear of Nature's fury that has been with us since the dawn of history.
- Far from being atavistic, anti-progressive protectionists, Luddites were logical, rational people who saw financial ruin staring down the barrel at them.
- What if the attraction is an atavistic throwback to the prehistoric human fascination with telling tales?
- We are engaging in an atavistic, primitive, natural activity which can be justified rationally and can be defended morally, but which is not in itself a rational or moral activity.
- One of the other distressing points was his description of how this breaking down of civil society had left only those sorts of leaders who could call on atavistic or sectarian loyalties.
- Stripped of any political content, today's conflicts in Northern Ireland are now what many wrongly assumed them to be during the Troubles: base, atavistic, sectarian clashes.
- One minor agony of growing up in Northern Ireland is the atavistic tugging of ethnic loyalty.
- If there was one striking thing about this performance, it is that it reminded the audience that live theatre is probably our most ancient art, which is why something deep and atavistic thrills when the curtain goes up.
- It brings out deeply hidden atavistic instincts buried deep within you and you begin to prowl in search of prey.
- Religion is pictured as old-fashioned, atavistic and dogmatic, defending superstition by burning scientific martyrs at the stake.
- But the attempt to define and punish a category of speech as obscene is an atavistic vestige from a distant era.
- Indulging your atavistic selfish-gene impulse to replicate is neither rational nor moral.
Synonyms
ancient, old, very old, age-old, antediluvian, timeless, dateless, archaic, long-standing, long-lived, time-worn, time-honoured

Origin

Late 19th century: based on Latin atavus ‘forefather’ + the adjectival suffix -istic.

单词	atavistic
释义	Definition of atavistic in English: atavistic adjective ˌatəˈvɪstɪkˌædəˈvɪstɪk Relating to or characterized by reversion to something ancient or ancestral. atavistic fears and instincts Example sentencesExamples So why must all men look like atavistic throwbacks? Where once its atavistic sectarianism could consume what it regarded as its traditional enemies, now it is merely consuming itself. One of the other distressing points was his description of how this breaking down of civil society had left only those sorts of leaders who could call on atavistic or sectarian loyalties. It brings out deeply hidden atavistic instincts buried deep within you and you begin to prowl in search of prey. What if the attraction is an atavistic throwback to the prehistoric human fascination with telling tales? Stripped of any political content, today's conflicts in Northern Ireland are now what many wrongly assumed them to be during the Troubles: base, atavistic, sectarian clashes. In this context, extreme sports may reflect an atavistic desire to artificially inject risk into lives that seemed devoid of the excitement that only risk can provide. If anything, those two secular nationalist movements seem to be taking more radical and atavistic forms that reflect their ethnic and religious sources. The dog has an atavistic relationship to humans. It was these anomalies that first drew my father's attention to the close relationship between the criminal and the savage and made him suspect that criminal tendencies are of atavistic origin. We are engaging in an atavistic, primitive, natural activity which can be justified rationally and can be defended morally, but which is not in itself a rational or moral activity. Religion is pictured as old-fashioned, atavistic and dogmatic, defending superstition by burning scientific martyrs at the stake. This atavistic fear of bodily hair is entirely compatible with a religion that sought to separate man from his animal origins. One minor agony of growing up in Northern Ireland is the atavistic tugging of ethnic loyalty. What I find most difficult, as a fairly new father, is balancing the desire - atavistic, primitive, not altogether politically correct - to protect my son from the dangers of the world. Far from being atavistic, anti-progressive protectionists, Luddites were logical, rational people who saw financial ruin staring down the barrel at them. If there was one striking thing about this performance, it is that it reminded the audience that live theatre is probably our most ancient art, which is why something deep and atavistic thrills when the curtain goes up. His fate evokes the atavistic fear of Nature's fury that has been with us since the dawn of history. But the attempt to define and punish a category of speech as obscene is an atavistic vestige from a distant era. Indulging your atavistic selfish-gene impulse to replicate is neither rational nor moral. Synonyms ancient, old, very old, age-old, antediluvian, timeless, dateless, archaic, long-standing, long-lived, time-worn, time-honoured Derivatives atavism noun ˈatəvɪz(ə)mˈædəˌvɪzəm mass noun 1A tendency to revert to something ancient or ancestral. the more civilized a society seems to be, the more susceptible it is to its buried atavism 1.1Biology Recurrence of traits of an ancestor in a subsequent generation. Example sentencesExamples Under such circumstances, racism is not an historical atavism, but an entirely normal, and constantly growing, feature of the political landscape. You don't have to share the cloyingly sentimental atavism he displays towards Ireland to appreciate his energy and enterprise as a writer who finds material for his novels in every corner of the world. Much media and political comment has explained the profundity and rootedness of this feeling in terms of bigotry and criminality, of archaism and atavism. atavistically adverbatəˈvɪstɪk(ə)li Our society has become less cruelly conservative, our politics less atavistically nationalistic, and our culture less turgidly insular. Example sentencesExamples There's something atavistically pleasing about not throwing away kitchen scraps; it makes you feel a better person in some small way. For an atavistically bloody entertainment, a bullfight includes much traditional pomp and ceremony. There was always something atavistically satisfying about knowing where you stood in international sports - supporting Germany, Argentina, Greece, Albania, whoever. Origin Late 19th century: based on Latin atavus 'forefather' + the adjectival suffix -istic. Definition of atavistic in US English: atavistic adjectiveˌadəˈvistikˌædəˈvɪstɪk Relating to or characterized by reversion to something ancient or ancestral. atavistic fears and instincts Example sentencesExamples This atavistic fear of bodily hair is entirely compatible with a religion that sought to separate man from his animal origins. What I find most difficult, as a fairly new father, is balancing the desire - atavistic, primitive, not altogether politically correct - to protect my son from the dangers of the world. If anything, those two secular nationalist movements seem to be taking more radical and atavistic forms that reflect their ethnic and religious sources. The dog has an atavistic relationship to humans. Where once its atavistic sectarianism could consume what it regarded as its traditional enemies, now it is merely consuming itself. So why must all men look like atavistic throwbacks? It was these anomalies that first drew my father's attention to the close relationship between the criminal and the savage and made him suspect that criminal tendencies are of atavistic origin. In this context, extreme sports may reflect an atavistic desire to artificially inject risk into lives that seemed devoid of the excitement that only risk can provide. His fate evokes the atavistic fear of Nature's fury that has been with us since the dawn of history. Far from being atavistic, anti-progressive protectionists, Luddites were logical, rational people who saw financial ruin staring down the barrel at them. What if the attraction is an atavistic throwback to the prehistoric human fascination with telling tales? We are engaging in an atavistic, primitive, natural activity which can be justified rationally and can be defended morally, but which is not in itself a rational or moral activity. One of the other distressing points was his description of how this breaking down of civil society had left only those sorts of leaders who could call on atavistic or sectarian loyalties. Stripped of any political content, today's conflicts in Northern Ireland are now what many wrongly assumed them to be during the Troubles: base, atavistic, sectarian clashes. One minor agony of growing up in Northern Ireland is the atavistic tugging of ethnic loyalty. If there was one striking thing about this performance, it is that it reminded the audience that live theatre is probably our most ancient art, which is why something deep and atavistic thrills when the curtain goes up. It brings out deeply hidden atavistic instincts buried deep within you and you begin to prowl in search of prey. Religion is pictured as old-fashioned, atavistic and dogmatic, defending superstition by burning scientific martyrs at the stake. But the attempt to define and punish a category of speech as obscene is an atavistic vestige from a distant era. Indulging your atavistic selfish-gene impulse to replicate is neither rational nor moral. Synonyms ancient, old, very old, age-old, antediluvian, timeless, dateless, archaic, long-standing, long-lived, time-worn, time-honoured Origin Late 19th century: based on Latin atavus ‘forefather’ + the adjectival suffix -istic.
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