atavism in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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atavism [Am ˈædəˌvɪzəm, Brit ˈatəvɪz(ə)m] N U

atavism

atavismo m

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Some dismiss these primitive features as recent mutations rather than atavisms.

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It is the atavism of our purest art....

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He popularized the notion of born criminal and thought that criminality was an atavism or hereditary disposition.

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Down syndrome is characterized by decelerated maturation (neoteny), incomplete morphogenesis (vestigia) and atavisms.

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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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It is a condition and a form of atavism which is most prevalent in male humans, and often goes untreated as it is mostly harmless.

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Hints of long-extinct creatures, echoes of evolution past, occasionally emerge in real life -- they're called atavisms, rare cases of individuals born with characteristic features of their evolutionary antecedents.

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When discussing corporal punishment among black people, people often say that "whuppings" are a kind of atavism from slavery.

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Such a re-emerged trait is called an atavism.

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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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