atavist
- a word derived from atavism.
Example Sentences
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The atavist had been happy to be called a “reactionary,” before she became Prime Minister.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 25, 2019
The atavist was the possessor of what one colleague called “a very English Englishness”: she didn’t sacrifice Scotland and Wales as part of a Conservative strategy; she hardly noticed they were there.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 25, 2019
Indeed, what emerges from these impeccably researched, coolly absorbing volumes are two Margaret Thatchers, whom we might call the scientist and the atavist.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 25, 2019
An aristocratic atavist, Alfonso never questioned his right to be a king, never ducked his regal responsibilities as he saw them.
From Time Magazine Archive
Of two hundred seeds one became a blue atavist, or rather vicinist, while all others remained true to the white type.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de
