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Ne⋅an⋅der⋅thal

  [nee-an-der-thawl, -tawl, -tahl; ney-ahn-der-tahl]
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to Neanderthal man.
2. (often lowercase) Informal. primitive, unenlightened, or reactionary; culturally or intellectually backward.
–noun
3. Neanderthal man.
4. (often lowercase) Informal.
a. an unenlightened or ignorant person; barbarian.
b. a reactionary; a person with very old-fashioned ideas.
Also, Ne⋅an⋅der⋅tal  [nee-an-der-tawl, -tahl; ney-ahn-der-tahl] (for defs. 1, 3).

Origin:
1860–65; after Neanderthal, valley in Germany, near Düsseldorf, where evidence of Neanderthal man was first found

Related forms:
Ne⋅an⋅der⋅thal⋅er, noun
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Ne·an·der·thal   (nē-ān'dər-thôl', -tôl', nā-än'dər-täl')   
n.  

    1. An extinct human species (Homo neanderthalensis) or subspecies (Homo sapiens neanderthalensis) living during the late Pleistocene Epoch throughout most of Europe and parts of Asia and northern Africa and associated with Middle Paleolithic tools.

    2. An individual belonging to this species or subspecies.

  2. Slang A crude, boorish, or slow-witted person.

adj.  

  1. Of, having to do with, or resembling Neanderthals.

  2. Slang Crude, boorish, or slow-witted.


[After Neanderthal (Neandertal), a valley of western Germany near Düsseldorf.]
Ne·an'der·thal'oid' (-thô'loid', -tô'-, -tä'-) adj.
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Cultural Dictionary

Neanderthal [(nee-an-duhr-thawl, nee-an-duhr-tawl)]

The ancient and now extinct relatives of modern humans. Neanderthals lived in Europe about 150,000 years ago and were the earliest form of the human species, Homo sapiens.

Note: The term Neanderthal is sometimes used to refer to a person who is thought to have primitive or unenlightened ideas: “I tried talking politics to Joe, but he's a real Neanderthal.”
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Slang Dictionary
neanderthal [niˈændɚθɑl]

  1. n.
    a large and ugly male. (See also caveman; cromagnon.) : Tell that neanderthal to get out of here.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

Neanderthal 
1861, from Ger. Neanderthal "Neander Valley," gorge near Düsseldorf where humanoid fossils were identified in 1856.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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