Associations to the word «Neanderthal»

Wiktionary

NEANDERTHAL, adjective. Primitive, old-fashioned, opposed to change (in allusion to the now extinct species Homo neanderthalensis).
NEANDERTHAL, noun. (pejorative) A primitive person or a person with old-fashioned ideas or who opposes change.
NEANDERTHAL, noun. (usually Neanderthal) A specimen of the now extinct species Homo neanderthalensis.
NEANDERTHAL, adjective. Of or pertaining to Homines neanderthalenses.
NEANDERTHAL, adjective. Old-fashioned, opposed to change (in allusion to Homo neanderthalensis).
NEANDERTHAL, adjective. Of or pertaining to the Neander Valley in Germany.
NEANDERTHAL, noun. A specimen of the now extinct species Homo neanderthalensis.
NEANDERTHAL, noun. (pejorative) A primitive person.

Dictionary definition

NEANDERTHAL, noun. Extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia.
NEANDERTHAL, adjective. Ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance; "was boorish and insensitive"; "the loutish manners of a bully"; "her stupid oafish husband"; "aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude".
NEANDERTHAL, adjective. Relating to or belonging to or resembling Neanderthal man; "Neanderthal skull".

Wise words

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