Tarzanist
adj, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 An anthropologist who depicts early human evolution in terms of aggressive male hunters and passive baby-carrying women.
"The Tarzanists suggest that bipedalism enabled this ape to race after game while carrying weapons — in the first instance, presumably pebbles."
Adjective
- 1 In the style of, or exhibiting, Tarzanism.
"But if he finds a niche in the Hardy theory, he surely throws a pretty hefty wrench into the Tarzanist works. If the hominid became bipedal in order to run after his prey, where did this bipedal plant-eater come from?"
Example
More examples"But if he finds a niche in the Hardy theory, he surely throws a pretty hefty wrench into the Tarzanist works. If the hominid became bipedal in order to run after his prey, where did this bipedal plant-eater come from?"
Etymology
From Tarzan + -ist.
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