atavism

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When man enters Russell's work, it is usually as an intruder momentarily stripped of civilization and shivering in the face of unexpected atavisms.

From Time Magazine Archive

Something Less than the New Revolution But when he articulates this vision, Nixon on occasion deals in simplicities of virtue, spiritual nostalgias, even paternalistic atavisms that are as unrealistic as the excesses of radical rhetoric.

From Time Magazine Archive

This, complains Theologian Arthur A. Cohen, is not Judaism but Jewishness�"the whole array of atavisms and sentimentalities which a secure minority can now afford."

From Time Magazine Archive

Species, which generally bear their leaves in whorls, are also subjected to casual atavisms of this kind, as for instance the tall European horsetail, Equisetum Telmateja, which occasionally bears cones on its green summer stems.

From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de

Anyway," Warcraft said, making a small adjustment on the screen, "you and countless other atavisms are reacting in a very predictable way.

From Unspecialist by Yaco, Murray F.