English Explanatory Dictionary

caveman stage

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The early or primitive developmental stage.

Word forms

caveman stage caveman stages

Etymology

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

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