English-Portuguese translations for atavism

atavismoEste atavismo deve ser eliminado quanto antes. This kind of atavism needs to be eliminated at once. Há quem, sem dúvida por atavismo histórico, pretenda transformá-las em processos de inquisição. Certain people, no doubt through historical atavism, would like to turn them into an inquisition process.

The reappearance of an ancestral characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence
The recurrence or reversion to a past behaviour, method, characteristic or style after a long period of absence
Reversion to past primitive behavior, especially violence

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