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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024prim•i•tive /ˈprɪmɪtɪv/USA pronunciation adj. - Biology being the first or earliest of its kind or in existence:[before a noun]primitive forms of life.
- Biology early in the history of the world or of humankind:[before a noun]primitive toolmaking.
- not showing the effects of civilization;
simple or crude:primitive passions.
n. [countable] - someone or something primitive.
See -prim-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024prim•i•tive (prim′i tiv),USA pronunciation adj. - Biologybeing the first or earliest of the kind or in existence, esp. in an early age of the world:primitive forms of life.
- Biologyearly in the history of the world or of humankind.
- Anthropologycharacteristic of early ages or of an early state of human development:primitive toolmaking.
- Physical Anthropology, Anthropology[Anthropol.]of or pertaining to a preliterate or tribal people having cultural or physical similarities with their early ancestors: no longer in technical use.
- unaffected or little affected by civilizing influences;
uncivilized;
savage:primitive passions. - being in its earliest period;
early:the primitive phase of the history of a town. - old-fashioned:primitive ideas and habits.
- simple;
unsophisticated:a primitive farm implement. - crude;
unrefined:primitive living conditions. - Linguistics
- of or pertaining to a form from which a word or other linguistic form is derived;
not derivative;
original or radical. - of or pertaining to a protolanguage.
- of or pertaining to a linguistic prime.
- primary, as distinguished from secondary.
- Biology
- rudimentary;
primordial. - noting species, varieties, etc., only slightly evolved from early antecedent types.
- of early formation and temporary, as a part that subsequently disappears.
n. - someone or something primitive.
- Fine Art
- an artist of a preliterate culture.
- a naive or unschooled artist.
- an artist belonging to the early stage in the development of a style.
- a work of art by a primitive artist.
- [Math.]
- Mathematicsa geometric or algebraic form or expression from which another is derived.
- Mathematicsa function of which the derivative is a given function.
- Linguisticsthe form from which a given word or other linguistic form has been derived, by either morphological or historical processes, as take in undertake.
- Latin prīmitīvus first of its kind. See prime, -itive
- Middle French primitif )
- Middle English (noun, nominal and adjective, adjectival) (1350–1400
- 1, 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged prehistoric, primal, primary, primordial, original, aboriginal, antediluvian, pristine. See prime.
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