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primitivize, v.|ˈprɪmɪtɪvaɪz|
[f. primitive a. + -ize.]
trans. and intr. To render primitive; to impute primitiveness to; to simplify; to return to an earlier stage. So primitiviˈzation, ˈprimitivizing vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1942Primitivisation [see overinclusion]. 1955Times 18 May 8/6 It does not bring about a primitivizing or animalizing of the human, but rather it celebrates man at his human best. 1959Encounter May 50/2 Mr. Logue is a primitivizing poet. 1968D. Lawton Social Class, Lang. & Educ. iii. 23 ‘Cultural deprivation’ or absence of external stimulation resulted in a ‘primitivization’ of an individual's behaviour. 1969D. Daube Roman Law iii. 168 A common failing of modern research into ancient law is the inclination to primitivize the sources, to press the naive side of any statement or custom and overlook the element of sophistication which is often quite strong. 1971Jrnl. Gen. Psychol. LXXXIV. 208 In psychology the term ‘regression’ refers to a primitivization of behavior, a ‘going back’ to a less mature way of behaving which the individual has ‘outgrown’. 1976T. Stoianovich French Hist. Method 146 Since the impairment of an existing superstructure provokes economic primitivization, staunch support develops in favor of a viable new superstructure. |