as in barbarian
a man with crude manners and habits and outmoded attitudes
married a caveman who spends all his free time swigging beer and watching sports on TV
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Recent Examples of caveman
The stereotypical image of a Neanderthal is that of a brutish, unintelligent and uncivilized caveman.
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Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 May 2024
But new research appears to bust the myth that cavemen ate a very meat-forward diet.
—Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 19 May 2024
But there wasn’t just one moment when a caveman picked up a hunk of pyrite, struck it against a rock, and marveled at the resulting sparks.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 27 Feb. 2024
The caveman with the biggest club will generally win.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 19 July 2023
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Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 May 2024
But new research appears to bust the myth that cavemen ate a very meat-forward diet.
—Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 19 May 2024
But there wasn’t just one moment when a caveman picked up a hunk of pyrite, struck it against a rock, and marveled at the resulting sparks.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 27 Feb. 2024
The caveman with the biggest club will generally win.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 19 July 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for caveman
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Lucius comes into his uneasy heritage after defeat in the erroneous homeland where he is considered a barbarian.Armond White, National Review, 6 Dec. 2024
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Given the dearth of direct evidence for stimulant use among the barbarians of Europe, the researchers decided to look for indirect clues.Jason Fields, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
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In deepest Siberia, where winds blow cold and poachers reduce wild animals to the brink of extinction, an unlikely tale of tiger romance is warming hearts and reinvigorating faith in species reintroduction.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Dec. 2024
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The zoo also temporarily suspended visitors' activities of directly contacting the animals.Charna Flam, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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So some Neanderthal in a pickup truck (and another in a car) came up from behind and flashed their headlights.Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2024
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Judging from relics uncovered in a cave in Iberia, Spain, the act of collecting may stretch at least as far back as our Neanderthal ancestry.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 21 Nov. 2024
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In a cold open that could have been co-written by a Moms for Liberty chapter, Tulsa King lets its charming troglodyte anti(ish)-hero Dwight Manfredi take a few swings at the state of modern education in the form of the cartoonish progressive day school to which his grandchildren are to be sent.Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2024
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Egalitarian despots: hierarchy steepness, reciprocity and the grooming-trade model in wild chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes WIREs Cognitive Science.Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2024
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