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caveman stage en · NOUN

Etymology

From the notion that early humans dwelled in caves. The word caveman has later developed figurative senses with a connotation of primitiveness.

Meanings

1. The early or primitive developmental stage.
   • What is life? What are the limitations of knowledge? Compared with the caveman's, our knowledge is vast, but compared with what there is to know, the wisest of men are still at the caveman stage. 1942, The Living Church, volume 104:
   • The caveman stage of human existence might have arrived for us after the Flood wiped out almost everybody and everything. 2011, William Gaspar, The World Tree:
   • So how does one evolve out of the caveman stage of conversation? Easy: Just talk. 2019, Steven Jenkins, Erika Stalder, 97 Things to Do Before You Finish High School:

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