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Definition of Atavist
1. Noun. An organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism.
Definition of Atavist
1. Noun. A genetic characteristic emerging after absence from several generations. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Atavist
1. an individual displaying atavism [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Atavist
Literary usage of Atavist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of Botanic Terms, with Their Derivation and Accent by Benjamin Daydon Jackson (1905)
"... are not in a single ring. atavist'ic (a/u fu«, an ancestor), reverting to an
older type of structure ..."
2. Miscellaneous Essays by George E. Saintsbury (1892)
"The atavist explanation will give you a delightful hunt: and even if this should
prove fruitless, the well-known doctrine of repulsion or reaction from the ..."
3. The Joyful Heart by Robert Haven Schauffler (1914)
"It puts to death with the same ruthless equality the prophet and the atavist.
The poet and the drunkard starve side by side. . . . Literature is the chief ..."
4. Experiments with Plants by Winthrop John Van Leuven Osterhout (1917)
"This phenomenon is called atavism and the plant is called an atavist (see p.
420). If the seeds of such a plant are sown, probably few ..."
5. The New Word: An Open Letter Addressed to the Swedish Academy in Stockholm by Allen Upward (1910)
"It puts to death with the same ruthless equality the prophet and the atavist.
The poet and the drunkard starve side by side. Of these two classes of victims ..."
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