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caveman stage

caveman stage noun: the early or primitive developmental stage.

Noun

caveman stage (plural caveman stages)

  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
    • 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

Forms of caveman stage

pluralcaveman stages

Origin of caveman stage

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

Questions about caveman stage

What does caveman stage mean?
Caveman stage means the early or primitive developmental stage.
What part of speech is caveman stage?
Caveman stage is a noun.
What is the plural of caveman stage?
The plural of caveman stage is caveman stages.

Words near caveman stage in the dictionary

  1. caveloin
  2. cavels
  3. caveman
  4. caveman diet
  5. caveman drums
  6. caveman stage
  7. caveman stages
  8. caveman's club
  9. cavemanish
  10. cavemanlike
  11. cavemanly

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