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Meanings of atavism in English

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atavismo
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atavisme

A reappearance of an earlier characteristic.

atavismo
Usage of atavism in English
1
A walking microbe; an example of atavism; a throw-back to the tail period.
No Man's Land
2
The force of habit, the law of atavism, if you like.
From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan
3
The other half is ruled by atavism of the 19th century.
The Irish Times
4
Such an individual was an atavism, and Red-Eye was an even greater atavism.
Before Adam
5
But this was only a momentary atavism, and he pushed it roughly away.
Misery
6
He was too decided an atavism to draw the crowd's admiration.
The Game
7
You now see why the word 'atavism' is used for crime.
Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887
8
What is the meaning of these words: atavism; penumbra; semaphore; astigmatic; insouciance; mise-en-scene; kinetic?
Americans All / Stories of American Life of To-Day
9
He was white and sick and muttered something about atavism.
Diane of the Green Van
10
This rural atavism, then, seized Robert Walmsley and possessed him.
The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million
11
Bohr was an atavism-theycaught him trying to 'take over' there, and banished him.
Man of Many Minds
12
Curious atavism, curious recrudescence of a dead idea of man!
Mike Fletcher: A Novel
13
Don't I know what atavism means, and race alienation, and hunger for my own?
The Heart of the Desert / Kut-Le of the Desert
14
Thus we had the advantage of many eyes in our feud with Red-Eye, the atavism.
Before Adam
15
All cases of atavism are treated in the hospitals.
Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887
16
This is atavism, or evolutionary throwback activity, at work.
Wired
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atavismo
Atavism through the time
Atavism across language varieties
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