| Where once its atavistic sectarianism could consume what it regarded as its traditional enemies, now it is merely consuming itself. |
| It brings out deeply hidden atavistic instincts buried deep within you and you begin to prowl in search of prey. |
| His fate evokes the atavistic fear of Nature's fury that has been with us since the dawn of history. |
| Religion is pictured as old-fashioned, atavistic and dogmatic, defending superstition by burning scientific martyrs at the stake. |
| But the attempt to define and punish a category of speech as obscene is an atavistic vestige from a distant era. |
| One minor agony of growing up in Northern Ireland is the atavistic tugging of ethnic loyalty. |
