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atavistic

  • 1 atávico

    adj.
    atavistic, backward, atavic, regressive.
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    1 atavistic
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    - ca adjetivo atavistic
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    Ex. Teaching lost its status when education became secularized as a tool for economic mobility, when concerns for the spiritual became embarrassingly atavistic.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo atavistic
    * * *

    Ex: Teaching lost its status when education became secularized as a tool for economic mobility, when concerns for the spiritual became embarrassingly atavistic.

    * * *
    atavistic
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    atávico,-a adjetivo atavistic
    ' atávico' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    atávica
    * * *
    atávico, -a adj
    atavistic

    Spanish-English dictionary > atávico

  • 2 anticuado

    adj.
    old-fashioned, archaic, out-of-date, antiquated.
    f. & m.
    old-fashioned person, fuddy-duddy, fuddy, lame.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: anticuar.
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    1 antiquated, old-fashioned, obsolete, out-of-date
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    (f. - anticuada)
    adj.
    old-fashioned, outdated
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    ADJ [maquinaria, infraestructura, tecnología] antiquated; [moda] old-fashioned, out-of-date; [técnica] obsolete
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    I
    - da adjetivo old-fashioned
    II
    - da masculino, femenino
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    = antiquated, backwater, out of date [out-of-date], outdated [out-dated], stale, old-fashioned, outworn, musty [mustier -comp., mustiest -sup.], timed, fossilised [fossilized, -USA], passé, atavistic, moth-eaten, mothy [mothier -comp., mothiest -sup.], dowdy [dowdier -comp., dowdiest -sup.], fuddy-duddy, daggy [daggier -comp., daggiest -sup], long in the tooth.
    Ex. Almost without exception these problems occurred in libraries with antiquated or inadequate ventilation without air-conditioning.
    Ex. When he was younger he really turned the library around, from a backwater, two-bit operation to the respected institution it is today.
    Ex. It is for this reason that many special libraries have constructed their own indexing language; they have avoided being tied to a possibly out of date published list.
    Ex. For example, the outdated subject heading 'Female emancipation' could be changed to the newer term 'Women's liberation' with this function.
    Ex. Does the library continue a stale tradition, or does it interpret social change?.
    Ex. One is tempted to say that the enthusiasts for postcoordinate systems, being forced to admit reluctantly that control was necessary, couldn't bear to use the old-fashioned term 'list of subject headings'.
    Ex. This advertisement was part of a publicity campaign which was based on a presentation of Europe so outworn as to be almost meaningless.
    Ex. Only if we continuously redefine our goals in accordance with the developments in our societies will we remain dynamic libraries and not turn into musty institutions.
    Ex. Librarians need to be vociferous about achievements and services offered in order to dispel ideas about the stereotype librarian, timed and out of touch with contemporary society.
    Ex. The article deals with matters of image and status, professional associations, cultural policies, collections, censorship, outdated infrastructure and fossilised mentalities.
    Ex. By conscious or unconscious fixation on this single, already passé, facet of data processing technology we risk totally ignoring the other functions of a catalog.
    Ex. Teaching lost its status when education became secularized as a tool for economic mobility, when concerns for the spiritual became embarrassingly atavistic.
    Ex. He said: 'The outer shell of democracy is, no doubt, intact but it appears to be moth-eaten from inside'.
    Ex. So, he cleaned the bird cage from top to bottom and threw out all the mothy bird seed.
    Ex. This article shows how the dowdy and boring image of the stereotypical librarian as presented in fiction, taints the portrayal of all who work in libraries.
    Ex. According to him, tea as a category has lacked innovation and upgradation in recent years and hence has a very fuddy-duddy image.
    Ex. What wearing daggy clothes is all about for me is feeling relaxed, knowing I can wear them around people I'm comfortable with.
    Ex. Training would be needed for the reception staff, who all said they were a bit long in the tooth for learning how to use a computer.
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    * estar anticuado = dated.
    * estar un poco anticuado = be some years old.
    * quedarse anticuado = date.
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    I
    - da adjetivo old-fashioned
    II
    - da masculino, femenino
    * * *
    = antiquated, backwater, out of date [out-of-date], outdated [out-dated], stale, old-fashioned, outworn, musty [mustier -comp., mustiest -sup.], timed, fossilised [fossilized, -USA], passé, atavistic, moth-eaten, mothy [mothier -comp., mothiest -sup.], dowdy [dowdier -comp., dowdiest -sup.], fuddy-duddy, daggy [daggier -comp., daggiest -sup], long in the tooth.

    Ex: Almost without exception these problems occurred in libraries with antiquated or inadequate ventilation without air-conditioning.

    Ex: When he was younger he really turned the library around, from a backwater, two-bit operation to the respected institution it is today.
    Ex: It is for this reason that many special libraries have constructed their own indexing language; they have avoided being tied to a possibly out of date published list.
    Ex: For example, the outdated subject heading 'Female emancipation' could be changed to the newer term 'Women's liberation' with this function.
    Ex: Does the library continue a stale tradition, or does it interpret social change?.
    Ex: One is tempted to say that the enthusiasts for postcoordinate systems, being forced to admit reluctantly that control was necessary, couldn't bear to use the old-fashioned term 'list of subject headings'.
    Ex: This advertisement was part of a publicity campaign which was based on a presentation of Europe so outworn as to be almost meaningless.
    Ex: Only if we continuously redefine our goals in accordance with the developments in our societies will we remain dynamic libraries and not turn into musty institutions.
    Ex: Librarians need to be vociferous about achievements and services offered in order to dispel ideas about the stereotype librarian, timed and out of touch with contemporary society.
    Ex: The article deals with matters of image and status, professional associations, cultural policies, collections, censorship, outdated infrastructure and fossilised mentalities.
    Ex: By conscious or unconscious fixation on this single, already passé, facet of data processing technology we risk totally ignoring the other functions of a catalog.
    Ex: Teaching lost its status when education became secularized as a tool for economic mobility, when concerns for the spiritual became embarrassingly atavistic.
    Ex: He said: 'The outer shell of democracy is, no doubt, intact but it appears to be moth-eaten from inside'.
    Ex: So, he cleaned the bird cage from top to bottom and threw out all the mothy bird seed.
    Ex: This article shows how the dowdy and boring image of the stereotypical librarian as presented in fiction, taints the portrayal of all who work in libraries.
    Ex: According to him, tea as a category has lacked innovation and upgradation in recent years and hence has a very fuddy-duddy image.
    Ex: What wearing daggy clothes is all about for me is feeling relaxed, knowing I can wear them around people I'm comfortable with.
    Ex: Training would be needed for the reception staff, who all said they were a bit long in the tooth for learning how to use a computer.
    * estar anticuado = dated.
    * estar un poco anticuado = be some years old.
    * quedarse anticuado = date.

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    anticuado1 -da
    ‹persona/ideas› old-fashioned, antiquated; ‹ropa› old-fashioned; ‹sistema/aparato› antiquated
    anticuado2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    eres un anticuado you're so old-fashioned
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    Del verbo anticuarse: ( conjugate anticuarse)

    anticuado es:

    el participio

    anticuado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    old-fashioned
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino: eres un anticuado you're so old-fashioned
    anticuado,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino old-fashioned, antiquated

    ' anticuado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    anticuada
    - apolillada
    - apolillado
    - antiguo
    - atrasado
    - pasado
    - zanahoria
    English:
    antiquated
    - date
    - fuddy-duddy
    - old
    - old-fashioned
    - outdated
    - outmoded
    - dated
    - out
    - time
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    anticuado, -a
    ♦ adj
    [persona, ropa] old-fashioned;
    esa técnica está anticuada that method is out of date;
    mi módem se ha quedado anticuado my modem is out of date
    ♦ nm,f
    old-fashioned person;
    mi madre es una anticuada my mother is very old-fashioned
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    adj antiquated
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    anticuado, -da adj
    : antiquated, outdated
    * * *
    anticuado adj old fashioned

    Spanish-English dictionary > anticuado

  • 3 embarazosamente

    adv.
    1 difficultly, cumbersomely.
    2 with difficulty.
    3 embarrassingly.
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    ADV (=molestamente) awkwardly, inconveniently; (=violentamente) embarrassingly
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    Ex. Teaching lost its status when education became secularized as a tool for economic mobility, when concerns for the spiritual became embarrassingly atavistic.
    * * *

    Ex: Teaching lost its status when education became secularized as a tool for economic mobility, when concerns for the spiritual became embarrassingly atavistic.

    * * *
    embarrassingly

    Spanish-English dictionary > embarazosamente

  • 4 lamentablemente

    adv.
    1 lamentably.
    2 regrettably, deplorably, sadly enough, lamentably.
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    1 regrettably
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    ADV regrettably, unfortunately
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    = regrettably, unfortunately, pitifully, sadly, regretfully, lamentably, embarrassingly.
    Ex. There is an extensive theory of the evaluation of indexes and indexing, but regrettably there is not space to treat this topic at any length in this work.
    Ex. Unfortunately, these factors simultaneously make the resolution of the situation more intractable.
    Ex. To sell books is still more special than to sell groceries even though the profits may be pitifully low and to be a bookshop proprietor is a much more middle-class status than is that of grocer, haberdasher or vendor of garden implements.
    Ex. Sadly, the information network has not so far been able to respond adequately to the special needs of business.
    Ex. In the library I used to work at, they recently -- and regretfully -- discarded the card catalogs.
    Ex. The 1960's are often viewed as lamentably as the 1950's are memorably.
    Ex. Teaching lost its status when education became secularized as a tool for economic mobility, when concerns for the spiritual became embarrassingly atavistic.
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    * lamentablemente + Adjetivo = woefully + Adjetivo.
    * * *
    = regrettably, unfortunately, pitifully, sadly, regretfully, lamentably, embarrassingly.

    Ex: There is an extensive theory of the evaluation of indexes and indexing, but regrettably there is not space to treat this topic at any length in this work.

    Ex: Unfortunately, these factors simultaneously make the resolution of the situation more intractable.
    Ex: To sell books is still more special than to sell groceries even though the profits may be pitifully low and to be a bookshop proprietor is a much more middle-class status than is that of grocer, haberdasher or vendor of garden implements.
    Ex: Sadly, the information network has not so far been able to respond adequately to the special needs of business.
    Ex: In the library I used to work at, they recently -- and regretfully -- discarded the card catalogs.
    Ex: The 1960's are often viewed as lamentably as the 1950's are memorably.
    Ex: Teaching lost its status when education became secularized as a tool for economic mobility, when concerns for the spiritual became embarrassingly atavistic.
    * lamentablemente + Adjetivo = woefully + Adjetivo.

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    sadly, regrettably
    * * *
    unfortunately, sadly
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    adv regretfully
    * * *
    : unfortunately, regrettably

    Spanish-English dictionary > lamentablemente

  • 5 penosamente

    adv.
    sorrowfully, sorely, painfully, grievously.
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    1 (con trabajo) laboriously
    2 (con pena) painfully
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    ADV arduously, laboriously, with great difficulty
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    adverbio with difficulty, laboriously
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    = dreadfully, embarrassingly.
    Ex. However, economic resources are dreadfully finite.
    Ex. Teaching lost its status when education became secularized as a tool for economic mobility, when concerns for the spiritual became embarrassingly atavistic.
    * * *
    adverbio with difficulty, laboriously
    * * *
    = dreadfully, embarrassingly.

    Ex: However, economic resources are dreadfully finite.

    Ex: Teaching lost its status when education became secularized as a tool for economic mobility, when concerns for the spiritual became embarrassingly atavistic.

    * * *
    with difficulty, laboriously
    * * *
    adv with difficulty

    Spanish-English dictionary > penosamente

  • 6 secularizar

    v.
    to secularize.
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    1 to secularize
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    verbo transitivo to secularize
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    = secularise [secularize, -USA].
    Ex. Teaching lost its status when education became secularized as a tool for economic mobility, when concerns for the spiritual became embarrassingly atavistic.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to secularize
    * * *
    = secularise [secularize, -USA].

    Ex: Teaching lost its status when education became secularized as a tool for economic mobility, when concerns for the spiritual became embarrassingly atavistic.

    * * *
    vt
    to secularize
    * * *
    to secularize
    * * *
    v/t secularize

    Spanish-English dictionary > secularizar

  • 7 vergonzosamente

    adv.
    shamefully, bashfully; confoundedly.
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    1 shamefully, ignominiously
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    ADV
    1) (=con timidez) bashfully, shyly; (=con modestia) modestly
    2) (=deshonrosamente) shamefully, disgracefully
    * * *
    = sheepishly, self-consciously, disgracefully, shamefully, abjectly, embarrassingly.
    Ex. 'Trouble slithering underfoot in the Garden of Eden?', the librarian shook his head sheepishly.
    Ex. 'Thanks a bunch!' he said, smiling self-consciously.
    Ex. The increasing efficiency of machine printing did reduce the average price of reprints and of popular works but new literature remained disgracefully expensive.
    Ex. He maintains that indexers are shamefully treated, their pay is disgraceful and they are almost never acknowledged in the book.
    Ex. The author examines the dominance of liberal anticommunism in McCarthyism, when professed liberals ' abjectly betrayed their own principles'.
    Ex. Teaching lost its status when education became secularized as a tool for economic mobility, when concerns for the spiritual became embarrassingly atavistic.
    * * *
    = sheepishly, self-consciously, disgracefully, shamefully, abjectly, embarrassingly.

    Ex: 'Trouble slithering underfoot in the Garden of Eden?', the librarian shook his head sheepishly.

    Ex: 'Thanks a bunch!' he said, smiling self-consciously.
    Ex: The increasing efficiency of machine printing did reduce the average price of reprints and of popular works but new literature remained disgracefully expensive.
    Ex: He maintains that indexers are shamefully treated, their pay is disgraceful and they are almost never acknowledged in the book.
    Ex: The author examines the dominance of liberal anticommunism in McCarthyism, when professed liberals ' abjectly betrayed their own principles'.
    Ex: Teaching lost its status when education became secularized as a tool for economic mobility, when concerns for the spiritual became embarrassingly atavistic.

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    A (tímidamente) shyly, bashfully
    B (ignominiosamente) disgracefully, shamefully
    * * *
    1. [sin honra] shamefully, disgracefully
    2. [con timidez] bashfully

    Spanish-English dictionary > vergonzosamente

  • 8 ancestral

    adj.
    1 age-old (costumbre).
    2 ancestral, age-old, hereditary, inherited.
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    1 ancestral, ancient
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    ADJ [de los antepasados] ancestral; (=antiguo) ancient
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    adjetivo < costumbre> ancient; < temor> primitive, ancient
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    Ex. All the libraries reflect colonial influence but there is a strong movement towards the study of their ancestral heritage.
    ----
    * casa ancestral = ancestral home.
    * * *
    adjetivo < costumbre> ancient; < temor> primitive, ancient
    * * *

    Ex: All the libraries reflect colonial influence but there is a strong movement towards the study of their ancestral heritage.

    * casa ancestral = ancestral home.

    * * *
    ‹costumbre› ancient; ‹temor› primitive, ancient
    * * *

    ancestral adjetivo ‹ costumbre› ancient;
    ‹ temor› primitive, ancient
    ancestral adjetivo ancestral
    ' ancestral' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    solar
    - solariega
    - solariego
    English:
    ancestral
    * * *
    [costumbre] age-old; [miedo] atavistic
    * * *
    adj ancestral
    * * *
    1) : ancient, traditional
    2) : ancestral

    Spanish-English dictionary > ancestral

  • 9 atavismo

    m.
    atavism, resemblance to ancestor; the tendency of hybrids to revert to the original type.
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    1 atavism
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    Ex. This book uses a variety of religious and ancient source texts to trace stories of atavism, interracial marriage, and the interracial family as tropes of nationhood.
    * * *

    Ex: This book uses a variety of religious and ancient source texts to trace stories of atavism, interracial marriage, and the interracial family as tropes of nationhood.

    * * *
    atavism
    * * *
    1. [herencia arcaica]
    el racismo es un atavismo que hay que erradicar racism is an atavistic instinct which we have to root out
    2. Biol atavism

    Spanish-English dictionary > atavismo

  • 10 atávica


    atávico,-a adjetivo atavistic

    Spanish-English dictionary > atávica

  • 11 atávico

    • atavic
    • atavistic
    • regressive

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > atávico

См. также в других словарях:

  • atavistic — adj. 1. 1 displaying characteristics of a previous cultural era or of a previous ancestral form; displaying atavism Syn: atavic, throwback(prenominal) [WordNet 1.5] || …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • atavistic — index genetic, regressive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • atavistic — pertaining to atavism, 1847; see ATAVISM (Cf. atavism) + IC (Cf. ic) …   Etymology dictionary

  • atavistic — reversionary (see under REVERSION) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • atavistic — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ returning to something ancient or ancestral. DERIVATIVES atavism noun atavistically adverb. ORIGIN from Latin atavus forefather …   English terms dictionary

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  • atavistic — adjective formal atavistic feelings are very basic human feelings, that people have felt since humans have existed …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • Atavistic regression — is a hypnosis related concept introduced by the Australian scholar and psychiatrist Ainslie Meares.Meares coined his term from the English atavism, which is derived from the Latin atavus , meaning a great grandfather s grandfather and, thus, more …   Wikipedia

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