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Neanderthal   Listen
proper noun
Neanderthal  n.  
1.
(Anthropol.) A neanderthal human being; a member of the race Homo sapiens neanderthalensis; as, neanderthals were shorter than modern humans.
2.
One resembling a neanderthal human; a troglodyte; a cave man.
3.
Hence: (Fig.) A person of primitive, unenlightened or uneducated opinions or attitudes; one with a regressive social or political outlook; used disparagingly.





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Words linked to "Neanderthal" :   Neanderthalian, oafish, man, Neanderthal man, Homo sapiens neanderthalensis, Neandertal man, loutish, swinish, neandertal, unrefined, human, human being, boorish


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