atavistic

English Thesaurus

1. characteristic of an atavist (adj.all)

similar	:	regressive,
definition	:	opposing progress; returning to a former less advanced state (adj.all)

derivation	:	atavist, throwback,
definition	:	an organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism (noun.person)

derivation	:	atavist, throwback,
definition	:	an organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism (noun.person)