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prim·i·tiv·ism \ˈpriməd.əˌvizəm, -mətəˌ-\ noun (-s) 1. : primitive practices or procedures < the final stage of the transition from primitivism to modernism — Farley Mowat > 2. a. : a belief in the superiority of a simple unsophisticated way of life especially close to nature b. : a belief in the superiority of early especially nonindustrial society to that of the present 3. a. : the style of self-taught artists usually marked by imaginative naïveté and formal simplicity and directness b. : the style of the art of primitive peoples usually marked by vitality, boldness, and deliberate distortion c. : a conscious imitation by a sophisticated artist of the style of primitive artists or primitive art |