Primitive

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primitive
adj. old, ancient; primeval, from prehistoric times; simple, crude; original, initial; uncivilized, uncultured
 
n. early man, one of the first humans; painter from period before the Renaissance


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Primitive
Primitive is a subjective label used to imply that one thing is less "sophisticated" or less "advanced" than some other thing. Being a comparative word it is also relative in nature.Indigenous peoples and their beliefs and practices are sometimes described as "primitive", a usage that is seen as unhelpful and inaccurate by the vast majority of contemporary anthropologists and similar professionals.There are also various political or theoretical concepts regarding the primitive condition, or its advocation. Primitive communism postulates a pre-agrarian form of communismAnarcho-primitivism advocates a return to a primitive condition. Luddites had a related philosophy.
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primitive
Noun
1. a person who belongs to early stage of civilization
(synonym) primitive person
(hypernym) person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
(hyponym) Aryan, Indo-European
2. a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived
(hypernym) formula, expression
3. a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms; "`pick' is the primitive from which `picket' is derived"
(hypernym) word
Adjective
1. belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness; "the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man"; "primitive movies of the 1890s"; "primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains"
(synonym) crude, rude
(similar) early
2. little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type; "archaic forms of life"; "primitive mammals"; "the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe"
(synonym) archaic
(similar) early
3. used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies; "primitive societies"
(similar) noncivilized, noncivilised
(classification) anthropology
4. of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style; "primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking"
(similar) untrained
(classification) fine arts, beaux arts


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Primitiver (der)
n. primitive, early man, one of the first humans
 
primitiv
adj. primitive, old, ancient, primeval, from prehistoric times; simple, uncivilized, uncultured, unsophisticated, unrefined

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primitive (f)
n. primitive, painter from period before the Renaissance
 
primitif
adj. primitive, primeval; primal, wild; pristine

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