| 单词 | modern primitive |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmodern primitive modern primitive n. a member of a contemporary tribal culture; (also) a person who adorns his or her body in a manner usually associated with certain tribal cultures, by tattooing, piercing, scarification, etc. ΚΠ 1926 Man 26 60 Ethnographical data derived from a study of modern primitives. 1987 Current Anthropol. 28 64/1 Rejecting..analogies between Palaeolothic and modern primitives. 1987 V. Vale & A. Juno (title) Modern primitives: an investigation of contemporary adornment and ritual. 1995 U.S. News & World Rep. (Electronic ed.) 31 July Musafar..calls the mostly twentyish people in the body modification movement ‘the modern primitives’. This is another side of the movement: the conscious attempt to repudiate Western norms and values by adopting the marks and rings of primitive cultures. < as lemmas |
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