Superprimate
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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."
Example
More examples"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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