caveman

/ ˈkeɪvˌmæn /

noun

1. a man of the Palaeolithic age; cave dweller

2. informal,  a man who is primitive or brutal in behaviour, etc

Example Sentences

You can see that time-bending mash-up in the costumes, with some folks in bright plastic wigs and others in horns and mohawks and dreadlocks like 21st century cavemen.

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They knock people sideways before receding into the ocean of imagination that’s existed since the first caveman looked up at the stars and said, “Funny story about those.”

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Despite a short stint as a gifted student on school sitcom “Head of the Class” and an appearance in caveman comedy “Encino Man,” the young Quan largely disappeared from our screens, if not our memories.

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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.

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Despite a short stint as a gifted student on school sitcom "Head of the Class" and an appearance in caveman comedy "Encino Man," the young Quan largely disappeared from our screens, if not our memories.

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Related Words

• macho 
• male 
• manful 
• manlike 
• manly 
• virile