Thesaurus / atavistic
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synonyms for atavistic
- naive
- rudimentary
- simple
- underdeveloped
- undeveloped
- unsophisticated
- animal
- barbarian
- natural
- raw
- rough
- savage
- wild
- austere
- barbarous
- brutish
- childlike
- fierce
- ignorant
- nonliterate
- preliterate
- rude
- uncivilized
- uncultivated
- uncultured
- undomesticated
- unlearned
- unrefined
- untamed
- untaught
- untrained
- untutored
- vestigial
antonyms for atavistic
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How to use atavistic in a sentence
This return to something more primitive is an unhealthy atavistic tendency and makes for both racial and individual inferiority.
THE SEX WORSHIP AND SYMBOLISM OF PRIMITIVE RACESSANGER BROWN, IIDeering was very human and fought against an atavistic shrinking from the dark and loneliness.
NORTHWEST!HAROLD BINDLOSSMy spine, too, like Conlon's, registered an authentic shiver of protest and atavistic fear.
THE BOOK OF SUSANLEE WILSON DODDWar is old--atavistic, a confession of failure, evidence of retrogression.
CLASS OF '29ORRIE LASHIN AND MILO HASTINGSThe probability, in this case, is that the atavistic variety will find its way into a pie, instead of being kept as a pet.
STORIES OF THE UNIVERSE: ANIMAL LIFEB. LINDSAYMuch might be added regarding atavistic degeneracy, as an explanation of the mental and moral defects of human beings.
STORIES OF THE UNIVERSE: ANIMAL LIFEB. LINDSAYFrom our saddles we could study these outbreaks of atavistic rage with serene enjoyment.
A SON OF THE MIDDLE BORDERHAMLIN GARLANDBut general considerations lead to the supposition that atavistic forms may easily remain sterile.
STUDIES IN THE THEORY OF DESCENT (VOLUMES 1 AND 2)AUGUST WEISMANNEugene Field gives a new turn to the idea by representing the werewolf curse as a definite atavistic throw-back.
THE SUPERNATURAL IN MODERN ENGLISH FICTIONDOROTHY SCARBOROUGHSeveral cases of troublesome atavistic personality or reincarnation are cured by psychotherapy.
THE SUPERNATURAL IN MODERN ENGLISH FICTIONDOROTHY SCARBOROUGHWORDS RELATED TO ATAVISTIC
- animal
- atavistic
- austere
- barbarian
- barbarous
- brutish
- childlike
- fierce
- ignorant
- naive
- natural
- nonliterate
- preliterate
- raw
- rough
- rude
- rudimentary
- savage
- simple
- uncivilized
- uncultivated
- uncultured
- underdeveloped
- undeveloped
- undomesticated
- unlearned
- unrefined
- unsophisticated
- untamed
- untaught
- untrained
- untutored
- vestigial
- wild
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.