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1. (adj.) primitive
being the first or earliest of the kind or in existence, esp. in an early age of the world:
primitive forms of life.
2. primitive
early in the history of the world or of humankind.
3. primitive
characteristic of early ages or of an early state of human development:
primitive toolmaking.
4. primitive
Anthropol.
5. primitive
of or indicating a people or society organized in bands or tribes and having a simple economy and technology.
6. primitive
(no longer in technical use) of or indicating a preliterate people having cultural or physical similarities with their early ancestors.
7. primitive
unaffected or little affected by civilizing influences; uncivilized; savage:
primitive passions.
8. primitive
of an early or the earliest period.
9. primitive
old-fashioned:
primitive notions of style.
10. primitive
simple or crude:
primitive equipment; primitive housing.
11. primitive
of or pertaining to a form from which a word or other linguistic form is derived; not derivative.
12. primitive
of or pertaining to a protolanguage.
13. primitive
primary, as distinguished from secondary.
14. primitive
Biol.
15. primitive
rudimentary; primordial.
16. primitive
noting species, varieties, etc., only slightly evolved from early antecedent types.
17. primitive
of early formation and temporary, as a part that subsequently disappears.
18. (n.) primitive
someone or something primitive.
19. primitive
an artist of a preliterate culture.
20. primitive
a naive or unschooled artist.
21. primitive
an artist belonging to the early stage in the development of a style.
22. primitive
a work of art by a primitive artist.
23. primitive
a geometric or algebraic form or expression from which another is derived.
24. primitive
a form from which a given word or other linguistic form has been derived by morphological or historical processes, as take in
undertake.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME (< MF) < L prīmitīvus the first to form, early, der. of
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1. (noun) primitive, primitive person
a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization
2. (noun) primitive
a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived
3. (adj) primitive
a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms
"`pick' is the primitive from which `picket' is derived"
4. (adj) crude, primitive, rude
belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness
"the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man"; "primitive movies of the 1890s"; "primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains"
5. (adj) archaic, primitive
little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
"archaic forms of life"; "primitive mammals"; "the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe"
6. (adj) primitive
used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies
"primitive societies"
7. (adj) primitive, naive
of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style
"primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking"
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1. (adjective) primitive
at an early stage of development
primitive man; primitive alien life forms
2. primitive
basic and natural
primitive urges/instincts
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1. (adj) primitive
of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first; as, primitive innocence; the primitive church
2. (adj) primitive
of or pertaining to a former time; old-fashioned; characterized by simplicity; as, a primitive style of dress
3. (adj) primitive
original; primary; radical; not derived; as, primitive verb in grammar
4. (noun) primitive
an original or primary word; a word not derived from another; -- opposed to derivative
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Sense: belonging to the earliest times
primitive stone tools.
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 Afrikaans: primitief |
 Arabic: بِدائي |
 Bulgarian: първобитен |
 Brazilian: primitivo |
 Czech: primitivní |
 German: urzeitlich |
 Danish: primitiv; tidlig |
 Greek: πρωτόγονος |
 Spanish: primitivo |
 Estonian: primitiivne |
 Farsi: باستانی |
 Finnish: alkukantainen |
 French: primitif |
 Hebrew: קַדמוֹן |
 Hindi: आदिम, आदि |
 Hungarian: ősi |
 Indonesian: primitif |
 Icelandic: frumstæður |
 Italian: primitivo |
 Japanese: 原始の |
 Korean: 원시의 |
 Lithuanian: primityvus |
 Latvian: primitīvs; pirmatnējs |
 Malay: primitif |
 Dutch: primitief |
 Norwegian: primitiv |
 Polish: prymitywny |
 Persian: باستانی |
 Pashto: لرغونى |
 Portuguese: primitivo |
 Romanian: primitiv |
 Russian: первобытный |
 Slovak: primitívny |
 Slovenian: prvobiten |
 Serbian: primitvni |
 Swedish: primitiv, ursprunglig |
 Thai: ซึ่งเป็นยุคแรก |
 Turkish: ilkel |
 Taiwanese: 原始的 |
 Ukrainian: первісний |
 Urdu: ابتدائي زمانے کا |
 Vietnamese: nguyên thuỷ |
 Chinese: 原始的 |
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