subprimate

subprimate

(sʌbˈpraɪmeɪt)
n
(Animals) a primitive variety of primate
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He'll find even better examples if he looks at the comparative psychology literature, which is awash with snobbish and downright silly phrases like "subhuman primates," "subprimate mammals," and "submammalian vertebrates," implying an unquestioned ladder of life defined so as to perch us smugly on the top rung.
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