One who is a throwback

Usage examples of atavist.

The pure strain has become diluted but there are instances of atavists.

Not even a stubborn atavist like your father has the right to inhibit another's contribution.

If not Nick, then some man, because George Fenn's atavistic temperament required him to pass land to a man, not a woman, even of his own genetic herit age.

If not Nick, then some man, because George Fenn's atavistic temperament required him to pass land to a man, not a woman, even of his own genetic heritage.

Not even a stubborn atavist like your father has the right to inhibit another’s contribution.

If not Nick, then some man, because George Fenn’s atavistic temperament required him to pass land to a man, not a woman, even of his own genetic heritage.

Well, there was no proof that their day hadn't been spent in gratifying their sex drive, and not an atavistic pleasure in dietary habits.

She'd probably been enjoying this atavistic hunter-explorer life more than she should - considering it also involved lots of discomfort and uncertainty, as well as enough hazards to get the ol' adrenalin flowing freely most of the time.

That may have originated from some atavistic urge, but caves were Threadproof, and some of them were downright spacious.

Some deep need within these atavists demanded that the gods be appeased and thanked by human sacrifice.

But you, you grotesque little atavists, stare blindly at the skyscrapers and smokestacks around you and dream of enslaving the material providers who are scientists, inventors, industrialists.