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Adjective: primitive preemitiv- Belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness
"primitive movies of the 1890s"; "primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains"
- crude, rude - Little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
"primitive mammals"; "the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe"
- archaic - Used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies
"primitive societies" - Of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style
"primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colourful and striking"
- naive, naïve
Noun: primitive preemitiv- A person who belongs to an early stage of civilization
- primitive person - A mathematical expression from which another expression is derived
- A word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms
"'pick' is the primitive from which 'picket' is derived"
Derived forms: primitives See also: early, noncivilised [Brit], noncivilized, primitively, primitiveness, untrained Type of: expression, formula, individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul, word Encyclopedia: Primitive |