English-Danish translations for atavistic

atavistiskNaturligvis vækker den ikke den form for atavistiske sindsbevægelser, som nationalstater undertiden gør, men det er en kompliment til Europa og ikke en kritik. Naturally it does not inspire the sort of atavistic passions that nation states sometimes do but that is a compliment to Europe and not a criticism.

of the recurrence of a trait reappearing after an absence of one or more generations due to a chance recombination of genes
of a throwback or exhibiting primitivism
relating to earlier, more primitive behavior that returns after an absence

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