Translations for „atavism“ in the English » German Dictionary

ata·vism [ˈætəvɪzəm, Am ˈæt̬-] N no pl

1. atavism BIOL:

atavism

Atavismus m spec

2. atavism (reversion):

atavism

Rückschritt m in der Entwicklung

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Acts of genuine creativity out of the ordinary people's experience were regarded then as retreat into atavism.

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In the social sciences, atavism is a cultural tendencyfor example, people in the modern era reverting to the ways of thinking and acting of a former time.

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Primitive markings in horses are an example of atavism: preservation of or reversion to ancestral type.

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Other examples of atavisms include excess hair in humans and polydactyly (extra feet) in horses.

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How free of the old atavisms can we claim to be?

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Borders and national sovereignty are atavisms.

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Inheritance continued reversion or atavism.

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Occasionally, the genes that code for longer extremities cause a modern whale to develop miniature legs (known as atavism).

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Driving this war was an atavism beyond other conflicts.

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Both the brains and skulls of criminals demonstrated evidence of atavism; in other words, criminals were evolutionary throwbacks, no less, and their skulls and faces bore the signs of degeneration.

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