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Neolithic¹
- /ˌniː.əˈlɪθ.ɪk/ UK
- /ˌniː.əʊˈlɪθ.ɪk/ UK
- /ˌni.əˈlɪθ.ɪk/ Canada, US
- /ˌni.oʊˈlɪθ.ɪk/ Canada, US
- /ˌniː.əˈlɪθ.ɪk/ Australia
Rhymes with -ɪθɪk
Where it comes from
From neo- + -lithic. Coined by English banker, Liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist and polymath John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, in 1865 as a refinement of the three-age system.
proper noun
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The period of prehistory from circa 8500 to 4500 BCE.
Holonyms: Stone Age < prehistory
Similar: New Stone Age
adjective
- Of or relating to the New Stone Age. Tokens are first identified at around the same time as the local peoples changed from a life based on hunting and gathering to one based on agriculture. The tokens, as Schmandt-Besserat says, "were part and parcel of the Neolithic phenomenon; that is, the so-called agricultural revolution." (Before
noun Neolithics
- A person who lived during the New Stone Age. For the Neolithics, the stone was flint, and it's still impressive to see what they were able to achieve with it.
neolithic²
- /nioʊˈlɪθɪk/ Canada, US
Rhymes with -ɪθɪk
adjective more neolithic · most neolithic
- Alternative spelling of Neolithic With this thought in his mind, Challenger gave a contemptuous and condescending consent to the proposal that he should grace with his presence a proceeding which was, in his opinion, more fitted to the stone cabin of a neolithic savage than to the serious attention of one who represented the accumul
- hopelessly outdated What am I supposed to do with this neolithic piece of machinery?
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: aceramic, prehistoric, stone-age, ancient, primitive, archaic, primeval, antediluvian, paleolithic, mesolithic, protohistoric, rudimentary, early, preagricultural, preliterate, olden
Translations
Every language
name the New Stone Age
| Español | neolítico |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 신석기 시대 Sinseokgi sidae |
| 中文 | 新石器時代 /新石器时代 Xīnshíqì Shídài |
| हिन्दी | नवपाषाण युग navpāṣāṇ yug |
| Português | neolítico |
| Français | néolithique, Néolithique |
| Deutsch | Jungsteinzeit, Neolithikum |
| Italiano | neolitico |
| Ελληνικά | Νεολιθική Neolithikí |
| Русский | неоли́т neolít |
| Tiếng Việt | thời đại đồ đá mới |
adj of or relating to the New Stone Age
| Español | neolítico |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 신석기 시대 Sinseokgi sidae, 신석기 Sinseokgi |
| 日本語 | 新石器時代 Shinsekki Jidai |
| 中文 | 新石器時代的 /新石器时代的 Xīnshíqì Shídài de |
| हिन्दी | नवपाषाण navpāṣāṇ |
| Português | neolítico |
| Français | néolithique |
| Deutsch | jungsteinzeitlich, neolithisch |
| Italiano | neolitico |
| Ελληνικά | νεολιθικός neolithikós |
| Русский | неолити́ческий neolitíčeskij |
adj hopelessly outdated
| 한국어 | 고물 gomul |
|---|---|
| Français | néolithique |
| Deutsch | steinzeitlich, uralt, vorsintflutlich, neolithisch |
| Русский | неолити́ческий neolitíčeskij, неоли́товый neolítovyj |
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title = {neolithic},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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