primitive


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primitive
adj. old, ancient; primeval, from prehistoric times; simple, crude; original, initial; uncivilized, uncultured
 
n. early man, one of the first humans; painter from period before the Renaissance

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primitive

Noun
1. a person who belongs to early stage of civilization
(synonym) primitive person
(hypernym) person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
(hyponym) Aryan, Indo-European
2. a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived
(hypernym) formula, expression
3. a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms; "`pick' is the primitive from which `picket' is derived"
(hypernym) word

Adjective
1. 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"
(synonym) crude, rude
(similar) early
2. 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"
(synonym) archaic
(similar) early
3. used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies; "primitive societies"
(similar) noncivilized, noncivilised
(classification) anthropology
4. 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"
(similar) untrained
(classification) fine arts, beaux arts


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Primitiver (der)
nm. primitive, early man, one of the first humans
 
primitiv
adj. primitive, old, ancient, primeval, from prehistoric times; simple, uncivilized, uncultured, unsophisticated, unrefined

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primitive
nf. primitive, painter from period before the Renaissance
 
primitif
adj. primitive, primeval; primal, wild; pristine