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Neanderthal

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Noun

1. homo sapiens neanderthalensis, neandertal, neandertal man, neanderthal, neanderthal man

extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia

Adjective

2. boorish, loutish, neandertal, neanderthal, oafish, swinish

ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance

Example Sentences:
'was boorish and insensitive'
'the loutish manners of a bully'
'her stupid oafish husband'
'aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude'

3. neandertal, neanderthal, neanderthalian

relating to or belonging to or resembling Neanderthal man

Example Sentences:
'Neanderthal skull'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Neanderthal

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adjective
1. 
relating to or characteristic of Neanderthal man
2. 
primitive; uncivilized
3. informal
ultraconservative; reactionary
noun
4. Also: neanderthaler
a person showing any such characteristics

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Neanderthal

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adjective
1. 
designating, of, or from a valley in the Rhine Province, Germany
2. 
designating or of a widespread form of early human being (Homo sapiens neanderthalensis) of the Upper Pleistocene Epoch whose skeletal remains were first found in this valley
see also Mousterian
3. 
a. 
crude or primitive
b. 
reactionary; regressive
noun
4. 
a Neanderthal human being
5. 
a crude, primitive, reactionary, etc. person

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Neanderthal

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n.
1. also Ne·an·der·tal (-tôl′, -täl′)
a. A species of extinct hominins (Homo neanderthalensis) that lived throughout most of Europe and western and central Asia during the late Pleistocene Epoch until about 30,000 years ago. Members of this species had a large skull and stocky build and are associated with Middle Paleolithic tools.
b. An individual belonging to this species.
2. Slang A crude, boorish, or slow-witted person.
adj.
1. also Ne·an·der·tal (-tôl′, -täl′) Of, having to do with, or resembling Neanderthals.
2. Slang Crude, boorish, or slow-witted.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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