Atavistic feelings or behaviour seem to be very primitive, like the feelings or behaviour of our earliest ancestors. (FORMAL)
...an ~ fear of snakes.
= primordial
ADJ: usu ADJ n
Atavistic feelings or behaviour seem to be very primitive, like the feelings or behaviour of our earliest ancestors. (FORMAL)
...an ~ fear of snakes.
= primordial
ADJ: usu ADJ n
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012