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List of meaning for primitive

something that is not refined or advanced

primitive, primitive person(noun)

a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization

primitive(noun)

a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived

primitive(adj)

a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms

"`pick' is the primitive from which `picket' is derived"

crude, primitive, rude(adj)

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"

archaic, primitive(adj)

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"

primitive(adj)

used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies

"primitive societies"

primitive, naive(adj)

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"

belonging to or characteristic of an early level of skill or development

primitive wooden tools were used before the Iron Age

relating to or occurring near the beginning of a process, series, or time period

a primitive period in church history when members still lived in communes

lacking in worldly wisdom or informed judgment

her taste in art was still primitive, but she knew schlock when she saw it

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