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caveman



NOUN
cave dweller
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But it’s also part of Netflix’s “rise and fall” true crime genre, cautioning against believing in figures like Johnson, who hooks young men by flogging a version of caveman masculinity that associates virility with dominance.

From Salon Jun. 1, 2025

"I gotta go into my cave and become a caveman," he told CBS news.

From BBC Feb. 5, 2024

Bringing the new view to the public hasn’t been easy, Gurche said: “This caveman image is very persistent.”

From Seattle Times Sep. 23, 2023

The whole point of technology, of course, is that it’s supposed to make our lives easier, and to deliver us from the pain and toil of our caveman state.

From Slate Jun. 26, 2023

A caveman owned one spearhead or many spearheads; he had eaten one crushed lizard or many crushed lizards.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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