Atavist vs. Atavistic — What's the Difference?
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Difference Between Atavist and Atavistic
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Definitions
Atavist
Atavist Inc., which was launched in 2011, is the company behind the Atavist multimedia publishing platform and The Atavist Magazine, an award-winning monthly magazine. It was founded by Jefferson Rabb, Evan Ratliff, and Nicholas Thompson.
Atavistic
The reappearance of a characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence.
Atavist
The reappearance of a characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence.
Atavistic
An individual or a part that exhibits atavism. Also called throwback.
Atavist
An individual or a part that exhibits atavism. Also called throwback.
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Atavistic
The return of a trait or recurrence of previous behavior after a period of absence.
Atavist
The return of a trait or recurrence of previous behavior after a period of absence.
Atavistic
(biology) Of the recurrence of a trait reappearing after an absence of one or more generations due to a chance recombination of genes.
Atavist
A genetic characteristic emerging after absence from several generations.
Atavistic
Of a throwback or exhibiting primitivism.
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Atavist
A person of atavistic beliefs or habits.
Atavistic
Relating to earlier, more primitive behavior that returns after an absence.
Atavist
An organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism
Atavistic
Displaying characteristics of a previous cultural era or of a previous ancestral form; displaying atavism
Atavistic
Characteristic of an atavist