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primitiveness
prim·i·tive P0559600 (prĭm′ĭ-tĭv)adj.1. a. Of or relating to an early or original stage or state; primeval: life in the primitive ocean.b. Occurring in or characteristic of an early stage of development or evolution: fossils of primitive angiosperms from the Cretaceous Period.c. Having developed early in the evolutionary history of a group: Hair is a primitive trait of mammals.d. Regarded as having changed little in evolutionary history. Not in scientific use: The coelacanth is a primitive fish.2. Characterized by simplicity or crudity; unsophisticated: primitive weapons.3. Of or relating to a nonindustrial, often tribal culture, especially one that is characterized by an absence of literacy and a low level of economic or technological complexity: primitive societies.4. Not derived from something else; primary or basic: "Conscious perception is ... the most primitive form of judgment" (Alfred North Whitehead).5. Linguistics a. Serving as the basis for derived or inflected forms: Pick is the primitive word from which picket is derived.b. Being a protolanguage: primitive Germanic.6. Not resulting from conscious thought or deliberation; unconscious or instinctual: primitive passions.7. a. Of or created by an artist without formal training; simple or naive in style.b. Of or relating to late medieval or pre-Renaissance European painters or sculptors.n.1. A person belonging to a nonindustrial, often tribal society, especially a society characterized by a low level of economic or technological complexity.2. Derogatory An unsophisticated or unintelligent person.3. One that is at a low or early stage of development.4. a. One belonging to an early stage in the development of an artistic trend, especially a painter of the pre-Renaissance period.b. An artist having or affecting a simple, direct, unschooled style, as of painting.c. A work of art created by a primitive artist.5. Linguistics a. A word or word element from which another word is derived by morphological or historical processes or from which inflected forms are derived.b. A basic and indivisible unit of linguistic analysis. Also called prime.6. Mathematics An algebraic or geometric expression from which another expression is derived.7. Computers A basic or fundamental unit of machine instruction or translation.
[Middle English, from Old French primitif, primitive, from Latin prīmitīvus, from prīmitus, at first, from prīmus, first; see per in Indo-European roots.]
prim′i·tive·ly adv.prim′i·tive·ness, prim′i·tiv′i·ty n.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | primitiveness - a wild or unrefined statecrudeness, crudity, primitivism, rudenessnatural state, state of nature, wild - a wild primitive state untouched by civilization; "he lived in the wild"; "they collected mushrooms in the wild" |
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EncyclopediaSeeprimitiveprimitiveness
Synonyms for primitivenessnoun a wild or unrefined stateSynonyms- crudeness
- crudity
- primitivism
- rudeness
Related Words- natural state
- state of nature
- wild
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