atavists

[156] They are generally called atavists or reversionists, but even these terms are sometimes used in a different sense.

Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891

One might even suppose that the normal individuals, or the so-called atavists, had really reverted to the original type of the species and that their progeny would remain true to this.

Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891

Everywhere gardeners are occupied in destroying these "atavists," as they call them.

Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891

The atavists hold on to their original identities as much as possible, especially outside the workplace; in speech, dress, food habits, cultural preferences, they are still much more Indian than American.

The Ominous Logic Of The Obama-Wright-Farrakhan Fiasco 2008

The atavists hold on to their original identities as much as possible, especially outside the workplace; in speech, dress, food habits, cultural preferences, they are still much more Indian than American.

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The atavists hold on to their original identities as much as possible, especially outside the workplace; in speech, dress, food habits, cultural preferences, they are still much more Indian than American.

Atavism or Assimilation? 2008

They won't (at least not in depth); they'll just chalk it up as Old News now that March 4 has been settled (because, as we know, the only people on earth who care about NAFTA are those old labor atavists in Ohio).

Report: NAFTA-Gate Leaker Said Hillary's People Were Reassuring Canada, Too 2009

And yet regresso-atavists are apoplectic at the giant damage that Obama's healthcare bill will do to the deficit!

How Dare You Clean Up Our Mess? 2009

And atavists will need to accept the changes, because once they are made, they will have all the permanence of a century's worth of history.

Alex Remington: Innovation and the American Pastime: Instant Replay's as Inevitable as the Designated Hitter 2008

Lenin's Mausoleum in Red Square even today and one encounters an impressive array of wreaths and bouquets replenished almost endlessly by dedicated babushkas and patriotic atavists.

Facing Up to Stalin 2004