Superprimate

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A primate that is markedly superior in some way to other primates.

    "Without cultural programming, they could never become symbolizing organs. They would become something else, very powerful perceptual-motor systems, like those of a superprimate, perhaps, but not truly symbolic."

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"Without cultural programming, they could never become symbolizing organs. They would become something else, very powerful perceptual-motor systems, like those of a superprimate, perhaps, but not truly symbolic."

Etymology

From super + primate.

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