superprimate
superprimate noun: a primate that is markedly superior in some way to other primates.
Noun
superprimate (plural superprimates)
- A primate that is markedly superior in some way to other primates.
- Without cultural programming, they could never become symbolizing organs. They would become something else, very powerful perceptual-motor systems, like those of a superprimate, perhaps, but not truly symbolic.2000, Larry Nucci, Geoffrey B. Saxe, Elliot Turiel, Culture, Thought, and Development, →ISBN
- We are not a whole new experiment in the evolutionary process, but a superprimate. A quantitative change in the evolving human brain, however, has produced a qualitative change of extraordinary significance.2006, Ann Allart Wilcock, An Occupational Perspective of Health, →ISBN, page 59
Forms of superprimate
| plural | superprimates |
|---|---|
| alternative form | super-primate |
Origin of superprimate
From super + primate.
Questions about superprimate
- What does superprimate mean?
- Superprimate means a primate that is markedly superior in some way to other primates.
- What part of speech is superprimate?
- Superprimate is a noun.
- What is the plural of superprimate?
- The plural of superprimate is superprimates.
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