| One minor agony of growing up in Northern Ireland is the atavistic tugging of ethnic loyalty. |
| Indulging your atavistic selfish-gene impulse to replicate is neither rational nor moral. |
| His fate evokes the atavistic fear of Nature's fury that has been with us since the dawn of history. |
| This atavistic fear of bodily hair is entirely compatible with a religion that sought to separate man from his animal origins. |
| It brings out deeply hidden atavistic instincts buried deep within you and you begin to prowl in search of prey. |
| Russian tourists are often shockingly messy, perhaps because of an atavistic sense that there is always more land to move on to. |
