atavistic

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /æt.əˈvɪs.tɪk/    美 /æt.əˈvɪs.tɪk/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Of the recurrence of a trait reappearing after an absence of one or more generations due to a chance recombination of genes.
    — Although the heterozygote gives it an atavistic appearance, the gene is not atavistic.
  2. Of a throwback or exhibiting primitivism.
    — They made me feel that I was alive in the nineteenth century, a sort of atavistic remnant, a romantic shred […]
  3. Relating to earlier, more primitive behavior that returns after an absence.

词形变化

more atavistic comparative most atavistic superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
atavistically nonatavistic
相关词
atavism atavist

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin at-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os
Latin avus
Latin atavus
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *-mós
Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)
Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)der.
Latin -ismusbor.
French -isme
French atavismebor.
English atavism
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Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Hellenic *-tās
Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.
Latin -istader.
Old French -istebor.
Middle English -ist
English -ist
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English -istic
English atavistic
From atavism + -istic.
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