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əˈvɪs adjective
of, pertaining to, or characterized by atavism; reverting to or suggesting the characteristics of a remote ancestor or primitive type.
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| —adj | |
| of or relating to reversion to a former or more primitive type | |
| atavistically | |
| —adv | |
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Atavistic
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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Science Dictionary
| atavistic (āt'ə-vĭs'tĭk) Pronunciation Key
Relating to an inherited trait that reappears in an individual after being absent from a strain of organism for several generations. Atavistic traits were formerly thought to be throwbacks to ancestral types but are now known to be due to the inheritance of a pair of recessive genes. |
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Example sentences
However domesticated a goose, its wakefulness and its atavistic alertness to danger has not been bred out of it.
In an atavistic, mystical way they go far beyond the customary camper-counselor duo.
To suggest that the term's contemporary usage has anything to do with race is atavistic.
There's something atavistic about our culture's fascination with presidential sons and daughters.
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