Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

caveman stage

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.89 in modern English

Syllables: cave-man stage
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The early or primitive developmental stage.

Example Sentences

"What is life? What are the limitations of knowledge? Compared with the caveman's, our knowledge is vast, but compared with what there is to know, the wisest of men are still at the caveman stage."
"So how does one evolve out of the caveman stage of conversation? Easy: Just talk."
"The caveman stage of human existence might have arrived for us after the Flood wiped out almost everybody and everything."

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

caveman stages (plural)

Questions

What does caveman stage mean?: The early or primitive developmental stage.
Where does caveman stage come from?: 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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