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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There can be nothing quite as effective as the specter barbarians at the gates to rally employees, sharpen organizational focus, and accelerate changes that may otherwise be hard to pull off.Owen Tripp, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024
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In the 2024 election, immigrants have been portrayed as barbarians who eat cats and dogs—or as animals themselves.Eladio B. Bobadilla / Made by History, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
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This is Claudia, the only animal not made in a mold.Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 18 Nov. 2024
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Getting to the cream Several animals that live in groups learn from one another, including elephants, whales, and some primates.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 14 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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But the behavior may be older than civilization itself, with some studies suggesting Neanderthals swapped spit with modern humans—and shared each other’s oral microbes—more than 100,000 years ago.ByPhie Jacobs, science.org, 28 Oct. 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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