Traductions de „atavism“ dans le dictionnaire anglais » polonais

atavism [ˈætəvɪzəm, Am ˈæt̬-] SUBST sans pl

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Exemples monolingues (non-vérifiés par l'équipe de rédaction)

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Atavism can also be seen in humans who possess large teeth, like those of other primates.

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

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

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Driving this war was an atavism beyond other conflicts.

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In biology, an atavism is an evolutionary throwback, such as traits reappearing which had disappeared generations before.

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Occasionally, the genes that code for longer extremities cause a modern cetacean to develop miniature legs (known as atavism).

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