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Meanings of
atavistic instincts
in English
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Usage of
atavistic instincts
in English
1
Stern, with the
atavistic
instincts
of even the most civilized man, scented the kill.
2
This legal triumph of the
atavistic
instincts
was terrible.
3
But he did not admit that so many
atavistic
instincts
were at work in him.
4
His thick scent stirred old
atavistic
instincts
in me.
5
Old,
atavistic
instincts
,
from Humanity's distant past, when to be Man was to be hunted.
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This collocation consists of:
atavistic
instincts
atavistic
Adjective
instinct
Noun