|nēə|lithik adjective
Etymology: ne- + -lithic
1. usually capitalized : of, being, or relating to the latest period of the Stone Age following the Mesolithic and Aeneolithic and characterized by the use of polished stone implements, the art of grinding stone, horn, bone, and ivory tools with sandstone, pottery making, the use of bow and arrow, domestication of animals, the cultivation of grain and fruit trees, the invention of the wheel, linen weaving, and the beginning of settled village life
2. : belonging to an earlier age and now outmoded
defense of the neolithic liberals who once inhabited these lands — W.A.White