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primitives

[prim-i-tiv]

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adjective

being the first or earliest of the kind or in existence, especially in an early age of the world: primitive forms of life.

early in the history of the world or of humankind.

characteristic of early ages or of an early state of human development: primitive toolmaking.

Anthropology. 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.

EXPAND

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.

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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.

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primary, as distinguished from secondary.

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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.

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noun

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someone or something primitive.

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Fine Arts.

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.

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Mathematics.

a geometric or algebraic form or expression from which another is derived.

a function of which the derivative is a given function.

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Linguistics. the form from which a given word or other linguistic form has been derived, by either morphological or historical processes, as take in undertake.

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