"atavistic" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /æt.əˈvɪs.tɪk/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-atavistic.ogg Forms: more atavistic [comparative], most atavistic [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪstɪk Etymology: From atavism + -istic, from French atavisme, from Latin atavus (“ancestor”), from at + avus (“grandfather”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|atavism|istic}} atavism + -istic, {{uder|en|fr|atavisme|}} French atavisme, {{uder|en|la|atavus||ancestor}} Latin atavus (“ancestor”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} atavistic (comparative more atavistic, superlative most atavistic)
  1. (biology) Of the recurrence of a trait reappearing after an absence of one or more generations due to a chance recombination of genes. Categories (topical): Biology Translations (biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations): атавистичен (atavističen) (Bulgarian), atàvic (Catalan), 隔代遺傳的 (Chinese Mandarin), 隔代遗传的 (gédài yíchuán de) (Chinese Mandarin), atavistisk (Danish), atavistisch (Dutch), atavistinen (Finnish), atavique [feminine, masculine] (French), atávico (Galician), atavistisch (German), atavico (Italian), 격세 유전적인 (gyeokse yujeonjeogin) (Korean), aaghooghyssagh (Manx), atavistisk (Norwegian), atawistyczny (Polish), atávico (Portuguese), atavístico (Portuguese), atavic (Romanian), атависти́ческий (atavistíčeskij) (Russian), atávico (Spanish), mapanauli (Tagalog), taavistik (Volapük)
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  2. Of a throwback or exhibiting primitivism. Categories (topical): Evolutionary theory Translations (of a throwback): 原始的 (yuánshǐ de) (Chinese Mandarin), atavistisk (Danish), atavistisch (Dutch), atavistinen (Finnish), alkukantainen (Finnish), atavique (French), atávico (Galician), atavistisch (German), atavico (Italian), aaghooghyssagh (Manx), atawistyczny (Polish), atávico (Portuguese), atavístico (Portuguese), атависти́ческий (atavistíčeskij) (Russian), atávico (Spanish), mapanauli (Tagalog), taavistik (Volapük)
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  3. Relating to earlier, more primitive behavior that returns after an absence. Translations (of the return of earlier, more primitive behavior): 返祖現象的 (Chinese Mandarin), 返祖现象的 (fǎnzǔ xiànxiàng de) (Chinese Mandarin), atavistisch (Dutch), atavistinen (Finnish), takautuva (Finnish), atavique (French), atávico (Galician), atavistisch (German), atavico (Italian), aaghooghyssagh (Manx), atawistyczny (Polish), atávico (Portuguese), atavístico (Portuguese), атависти́ческий (atavistíčeskij) (Russian), atávico (Spanish), mapanauli (Tagalog), taavistik (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-atavistic-en-adj-CxVKvpPR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 41 21 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 29 37 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 30 37 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 34 36 31 Disambiguation of 'of the return of earlier, more primitive behavior': 7 1 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: atavistical Derived forms: atavistically, nonatavistic Related terms: atavism, atavist
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "atavističen",
      "sense": "biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations",
      "word": "атавистичен"
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      "sense": "biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations",
      "word": "atàvic"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations",
      "word": "隔代遺傳的"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "sense": "biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations",
      "word": "隔代遗传的"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations",
      "word": "atavistisk"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations",
      "word": "atavistisch"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations",
      "word": "atavistinen"
    },
    {
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      "word": "atavique"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations",
      "word": "atávico"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations",
      "word": "atavistisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations",
      "word": "atavico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gyeokse yujeonjeogin",
      "sense": "biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations",
      "word": "격세 유전적인"
    },
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      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations",
      "word": "aaghooghyssagh"
    },
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations",
      "word": "atavistisk"
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    },
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      "sense": "biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations",
      "word": "atávico"
    },
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations",
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations",
      "word": "atavic"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "atavistíčeskij",
      "sense": "biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations",
      "word": "атависти́ческий"
    },
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      "sense": "biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations",
      "word": "atávico"
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      "sense": "biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations",
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      "sense": "biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations",
      "word": "taavistik"
    },
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      "word": "原始的"
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      "word": "atavistisch"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "alkukantainen"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "of a throwback",
      "word": "atavique"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "of a throwback",
      "word": "atávico"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of a throwback",
      "word": "atavistisch"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of a throwback",
      "word": "atavico"
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      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "of a throwback",
      "word": "aaghooghyssagh"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "of a throwback",
      "word": "atawistyczny"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of a throwback",
      "word": "atávico"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of a throwback",
      "word": "atavístico"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "atavistíčeskij",
      "sense": "of a throwback",
      "word": "атависти́ческий"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of a throwback",
      "word": "atávico"
    },
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "of a throwback",
      "word": "mapanauli"
    },
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      "code": "vo",
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      "sense": "of a throwback",
      "word": "taavistik"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "of the return of earlier, more primitive behavior",
      "word": "返祖現象的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fǎnzǔ xiànxiàng de",
      "sense": "of the return of earlier, more primitive behavior",
      "word": "返祖现象的"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "of the return of earlier, more primitive behavior",
      "word": "atavistisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of the return of earlier, more primitive behavior",
      "word": "atavistinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of the return of earlier, more primitive behavior",
      "word": "takautuva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of the return of earlier, more primitive behavior",
      "word": "atavique"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "of the return of earlier, more primitive behavior",
      "word": "atávico"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of the return of earlier, more primitive behavior",
      "word": "atavistisch"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of the return of earlier, more primitive behavior",
      "word": "atavico"
    },
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      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "of the return of earlier, more primitive behavior",
      "word": "aaghooghyssagh"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "of the return of earlier, more primitive behavior",
      "word": "atawistyczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of the return of earlier, more primitive behavior",
      "word": "atávico"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of the return of earlier, more primitive behavior",
      "word": "atavístico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "atavistíčeskij",
      "sense": "of the return of earlier, more primitive behavior",
      "word": "атависти́ческий"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of the return of earlier, more primitive behavior",
      "word": "atávico"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "of the return of earlier, more primitive behavior",
      "word": "mapanauli"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "of the return of earlier, more primitive behavior",
      "word": "taavistik"
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}

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