Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Kuvat
1
Synonyymit
| Kieli | Käännökset |
|---|---|
| bulgaria | атавизъм |
| italia | atavismo, reversione |
| norja | atavisme |
| portugali | atavismo |
| puola | atawizm |
| ranska | atavisme |
| saksa | Atavismus |
| suomi | atavismi |
| tšekki | atavismus |
| unkari | atavizmus |
| venäjä | атавизм (atavizm) |
Määritelmät
Substantiivi
- The reappearance of an ancestral characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence; a throwback.
- The recurrence or reversion to a past behaviour, method, characteristic or style after a long period of absence.
- (sociology) Reversion to past primitive behavior, especially violence.
Esimerkit
- He was a magnificent atavism, a man so purely primitive that he was of the type that came into the world before the development of the moral nature. He was not immoral, but merely unmoral.
- Upon the death of Theodoric in 526, Ibidus retired from public life to compose his celebrated work (whose pure Ciceronian style is as remarkable a case of classic atavism as is the verse of Claudius Claudianus, who flourished a century before Ibidus); but he was later recalled to scenes of pomp to act as court rhetorician for Theodatus, nephew of Theodoric.
- "...he traces the roots of objectless imperialism to three sources, each an atavism. Modern imperialism, according to Schumpeter, resulted from the combined impact of a "war machine", warlike instincts, and export monopolism".
Taivutusmuodot
| Monikko | atavisms |