atavism
noun[CorU]
uk/ˈæt.ə.vɪ.zəm/us/ˈæt̬.ə.vɪ.zəm/afeelingorreactionthat comes fromlongago inhumanhistory,ratherthan beingnecessaryorappropriateinmoderntimes:
返祖（现象）There is somethingdisconcertingabout theseemingatavism ofdemonstratorscarryingtorches.示威者拿着火把这种表面上的返祖行为似乎有一些令人不安的地方。
I don'tbelievetheurgetoconnectwith otherpeopleis an atavism.我不认为与他人交往的冲动是一种返祖现象。
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atavistic
- Farms aremodernworkplaces, notarcadiangardensforenjoyingindulgentatavism.
- Maybe thecultureofviolenceis an atavismleftover fromprimitivetimes.
- Atheorydevelopedby astrobiologistssuggeststhatcanceris an atavism, anevolutionarythrowback.
Behaving, interacting and behaviour
- -behaved
- as ye sow, so shall ye reapidiom
- attachment disorder
- attitude
- behave
- carry
- conduct
- example
- humanization
- humanize
- interaction
- ism
- make niceidiom
- operant
- phase
- presence
- provincialism
- sow
- treat
- treatment
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