atavistic

• يُستخدم هذا الوصف للإشارة إلى ما يتعلق بعودة ظهور صفات وراثية قديمة أو سلوكيات بدائية من أسلاف أقدم. ويصف أيضًا كل ما يعتبر رجوعًا إلى نمط قديم أو بدائي أو غير حضاري.

Relating to or characterized by the reappearance of ancestral characteristics; a reversion to an earlier type or behavior.

1. Relating to ancestral traitsC2formal

   Relating to or characterized by the reappearance of characteristics from a remote ancestor, often seen as primitive or outdated.

   أتافستي

   • His atavistic fear of the dark seemed irrational to his friends.
   • The ritual had an atavistic quality, harking back to ancient tribal ceremonies.
   • She felt an atavistic urge to run and hide when the storm began.

   المرادفاتancestralarchaicprimevalprimitiveregressivereversionarythrowback

   الأضدادadvancedinnovativemodernnovelprogressive