Atavistic vs. Anachronistic — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Atavistic and Anachronistic
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Atavistic
The reappearance of a characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence.
Anachronistic
The representation of someone as existing or something as happening in other than chronological, proper, or historical order.
Atavistic
An individual or a part that exhibits atavism. Also called throwback.
Anachronistic
One that is out of its proper or chronological order, especially a person or practice that belongs to an earlier time
"A new age had plainly dawned, an age that made the institution of a segregated picnic seem an anachronism" (Henry Louis Gates, Jr.).
Atavistic
The return of a trait or recurrence of previous behavior after a period of absence.
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Anachronistic
Erroneous in date; containing an anachronism; in a wrong time; not applicable to or not appropriate for the time.
If you know where to look in the movie, you can spot an anachronistic wrist watch on one of the Roman soldiers.
Atavistic
(biology) Of the recurrence of a trait reappearing after an absence of one or more generations due to a chance recombination of genes.
Anachronistic
(of a person) Having opinions from the past; preferring things or values of the past; behind the times; overly conservative.
Atavistic
Of a throwback or exhibiting primitivism.
Anachronistic
Erroneous in date; containing an anachronism.
Atavistic
Relating to earlier, more primitive behavior that returns after an absence.
Anachronistic
Chronologically misplaced;
English public schools are anachronistic
Atavistic
Displaying characteristics of a previous cultural era or of a previous ancestral form; displaying atavism
Atavistic
Characteristic of an atavist
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