Atavist — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

an organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kɑːɹbˈæniən/

🇬🇧British English

/ˈatɐvˌɪst/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˈatɐvˌɪst/

3 syllables Say it as /kɑːɹbˈæniən/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

throwback

Word Forms

atavistic	adjective	characteristic of an atavist
atavism	noun	a reappearance of an earlier characteristic

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

ataviste

un organisme qui présente les caractéristiques d'un type plus primitif de cet organisme

🇪🇸Spanish

atavista

Un organismo que tiene las características de un tipo más primitivo de ese organismo.

🇮🇹Italian

atavista

un organismo che ha le caratteristiche di un tipo più primitivo di quell'organismo

🇵🇹Portuguese

atávista

um organismo que possui as características de um tipo mais primitivo desse organismo

🇷🇺Russian

атавист

организм, имеющий характеристики более примитивного типа этого организма

India

🇧🇩Bengali

অ্যাটাভিস্ট

একটি জীব যে জীবের একটি আরো আদিম ধরনের বৈশিষ্ট্য আছে

🇮🇳Tamil

அடாவிஸ்ட்

அந்த உயிரினத்தின் மிகவும் பழமையான வகையின் பண்புகளைக் கொண்ட ஒரு உயிரினம்

🇮🇳Telugu

అటావిస్ట్

ఆ జీవి యొక్క మరింత ప్రాచీన రకం లక్షణాలను కలిగి ఉన్న జీవి

🇮🇳Gujarati

એટાવિસ્ટ

એક સજીવ કે જે તે સજીવના વધુ આદિમ પ્રકારના લક્ષણો ધરાવે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅಟಾವಿಸ್ಟ್

ಆ ಜೀವಿಗಳ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಪ್ರಾಚೀನ ಪ್ರಕಾರದ ಗುಣಲಕ್ಷಣಗಳನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿರುವ ಜೀವಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അറ്റവിസ്റ്റ്

ആ ജീവിയുടെ കൂടുതൽ പ്രാകൃതമായ തരത്തിലുള്ള സ്വഭാവസവിശേഷതകൾ ഉള്ള ഒരു ജീവി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਅਟਾਵਿਸਟ

ਇੱਕ ਜੀਵ ਜਿਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਉਸ ਜੀਵ ਦੀ ਇੱਕ ਹੋਰ ਮੁੱਢਲੀ ਕਿਸਮ ਦੀਆਂ ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ਤਾਵਾਂ ਹੁੰਦੀਆਂ ਹਨ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

返祖者

具有该生物体更原始类型特征的生物体

🇯🇵Japanese

隔世論者

その生物のより原始的なタイプの特徴を持つ生物

🇰🇷Korean

격세주의자

해당 유기체보다 더 원시적인 유형의 특성을 갖는 유기체

🇻🇳Vietnamese

người theo chủ nghĩa phản kháng

một sinh vật có những đặc điểm của một loại sinh vật nguyên thủy hơn

🇹🇭Thai

ผู้ไม่เชื่อเรื่องพระเจ้า

สิ่งมีชีวิตที่มีลักษณะเป็นสิ่งมีชีวิตชนิดดั้งเดิมมากกว่า

🇲🇾Malay

ahli atavis

organisma yang mempunyai ciri-ciri jenis organisma yang lebih primitif

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

أتافيست

كائن حي له خصائص نوع أكثر بدائية من ذلك الكائن

🇮🇷Persian

آتاویست

موجودی که ویژگی های نوع بدوی تر آن موجودات را دارد

🇮🇱Hebrew

אטאוויסט

אורגניזם שיש לו מאפיינים של סוג פרימיטיבי יותר של אותו אורגניזם

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