What is the meaning of neandertal?

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noun

Extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia.
- synonyms: Neandertal man, Neanderthal man, Neanderthal, Homo sapiens neanderthalensis

adjective

Relating to or belonging to or resembling Neanderthal man.
- usage: "Neanderthal skull"
- synonyms: Neanderthal, Neanderthalian
Ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance.
- usage: "was boorish and insensitive"; "the loutish manners of a bully"; "her stupid oafish husband"; "aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude"
- synonyms: boorish, loutish, neanderthal, oafish, swinish

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