Atavistic

"Atavistic" in Russian

атависти́ческий

atavistíčeskij

(biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations)

атависти́ческий

atavistíčeskij

(of a throwback)

атависти́ческий

atavistíčeskij

(of the return of earlier, more primitive behavior)

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