| Word | atavistic |
|---|---|
| Definition | adj. Relating to or characterized by reversion to something ancient or ancestral. |
| Sentence | The new-born, secular state was being given an awesome reminder of its fabulous antiquity, in which democracy and votes for women were irrelevant...so that people were seized by atavistic longings, and forgetting the new myth of freedom reverted to their old ways...and the body politic began to crack. |
| Source | Midnight's Children, p. 311 |
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