ATAVISTIC


Meaning of ATAVISTIC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ætəvɪstɪk ]

Atavistic feelings or behaviour seem to be very primitive, like the feelings or behaviour of our earliest ancestors. ( FORMAL )

...an atavistic fear of snakes.

= primordial

ADJ : usu ADJ n

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