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(satellite adjective) (anthropology; of societies) preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial; "primitive societies" |
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(satellite adjective) (mathematics) being an algebraic or geometric expression from which another expression is derived |
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(adjective) (linguistics) serving as the basis for derived or inflected forms; "`pick' is the primitive word from which `picket' is derived" |
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Antonyms: derivative |
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(satellite adjective) (fine arts) 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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(noun) a person who belongs to early stage of civilization |
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Synonyms: primitive person |
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Related Words: Aryan, Basket Maker, Heidelberg man, Homo heidelbergensis, Indo-European, Mound Builder, Piltdown hoax, Piltdown man, aborigine, ape-man, barbarian, cave dweller, cave man, caveman, feral man, homo erectus, human, individual, missing link, mortal, person, savage, somebody, someone, soul, troglodyte, wild man |
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(satellite adjective) not derived from or reducible to something else; basic; "a primary instinct"; "seeks excellence at its primitive source--nature"- John Dewey |
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Synonyms: primary |
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(satellite adjective) 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" |
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Synonyms: archaic |
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(satellite adjective) 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" |
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Synonyms: crude, rude |
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(satellite adjective) being or resembling a force of nature; "elemental violence"; "primitive passions" |
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Synonyms: elemental |
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