"atavistic" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /æt.əˈvɪs.tɪk/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-atavistic.ogg [US] 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”), {{m|la|at}} at, {{m|la|avus||grandfather}} avus (“grandfather”) 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)
    Sense id: en-atavistic-en-adj-T20sXtFy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 44 15 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 29 37 34 Topics: biology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations': 69 3 28
  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)
    Sense id: en-atavistic-en-adj-3yyJ~ulS Disambiguation of Evolutionary theory: 32 45 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -istic, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 44 15 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -istic: 31 40 29 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 29 37 34 Disambiguation of 'of a throwback': 4 93 3
  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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 44 15 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 29 37 34 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 Related terms: atavism, atavist

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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "fr",
        "3": "atavisme",
        "4": ""
      },
      "expansion": "French atavisme",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "atavus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "ancestor"
      },
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      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "at"
      },
      "expansion": "at",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "avus",
        "3": "",
        "4": "grandfather"
      },
      "expansion": "avus (“grandfather”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From atavism + -istic, from French atavisme, from Latin atavus (“ancestor”), from at + avus (“grandfather”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more atavistic",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most atavistic",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "atavistic (comparative more atavistic, superlative most atavistic)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "atavism"
    },
    {
      "word": "atavist"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Biology"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1889, “Experiment Station Record”, in U.S, Office of Experiment Stations",
          "text": "Although the heterozygote gives it an atavistic appearance, the gene is not atavistic.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1946, Reginald Ruggles Gates, Human genetics",
          "text": "Thus the gene which produced atavistic digits in the vigorous heterozygous pentadactyl condition is a lethal monster in the homozygous condition.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Roger E Stevenson, Judith G Hall, Human malformations and related anomalies",
          "text": "Reactivation of a dormant atavistic gene could account for the abnormal costocoracoid ligament in humans.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of the recurrence of a trait reappearing after an absence of one or more generations due to a chance recombination of genes."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "biology",
          "biology"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biology) Of the recurrence of a trait reappearing after an absence of one or more generations due to a chance recombination of genes."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1979, Norman Spinrad, A world between",
          "text": "The true perversion took place only in the privacy of her mind — the way she imagined an atavistic macho atop her when engaged in a mandatory contribution to the fetus-banks with some cretinous inept breeder…",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000, Steven Heller, Marshall Arisman, The education of an illustrator",
          "text": "Because I am atavistic enough to believe that drawing is the basic language of the illustrator, even as words comprise the basic language of the writer…",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of a throwback or exhibiting primitivism."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "throwback",
          "throwback"
        ],
        [
          "primitivism",
          "primitivism"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Relating to earlier, more primitive behavior that returns after an absence."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/æt.əˈvɪs.tɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪstɪk"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-atavistic.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/dd/En-us-atavistic.ogg/En-us-atavistic.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/En-us-atavistic.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "atavistical"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "atavističen",
      "sense": "biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations",
      "word": "атавистичен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations",
      "word": "atàvic"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations",
      "word": "隔代遺傳的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gédài yíchuán de",
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations",
      "word": "atavistisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations",
      "word": "atavistinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations",
      "word": "aaghooghyssagh"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations",
      "word": "atavistisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations",
      "word": "atawistyczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations",
      "word": "atávico"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations",
      "word": "atavístico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations",
      "word": "atavic"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "atavistíčeskij",
      "sense": "biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations",
      "word": "атависти́ческий"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations",
      "word": "atávico"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations",
      "word": "mapanauli"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations",
      "word": "taavistik"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yuánshǐ de",
      "sense": "of a throwback",
      "word": "原始的"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "of a throwback",
      "word": "atavistisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "of a throwback",
      "word": "atavistisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of a throwback",
      "word": "atavistinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of a throwback",
      "word": "alkukantainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of a throwback",
      "word": "atavique"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "of a throwback",
      "word": "atávico"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of a throwback",
      "word": "atavistisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of a throwback",
      "word": "atavico"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "of a throwback",
      "word": "aaghooghyssagh"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "of a throwback",
      "word": "atawistyczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of a throwback",
      "word": "atávico"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of a throwback",
      "word": "atavístico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "atavistíčeskij",
      "sense": "of a throwback",
      "word": "атависти́ческий"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of a throwback",
      "word": "atávico"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "of a throwback",
      "word": "mapanauli"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "of a throwback",
      "word": "taavistik"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of the return of earlier, more primitive behavior",
      "word": "atavistisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of the return of earlier, more primitive behavior",
      "word": "atavico"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "of the return of earlier, more primitive behavior",
      "word": "aaghooghyssagh"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "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"
    }
  ],
  "word": "atavistic"
}

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