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Neanderthal
adjective
- designating, of, or from a valley in the Rhine Province, Germany
- 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
- crude or primitive
- reactionary; regressive
noun
- a Neanderthal human being
- a crude, primitive, reactionary, etc. person
Often, for adj. 2 & n. 1, Neandertal
See Neanderthal in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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