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Definitions of primitive
  1. noun
    a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization

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  2. adjective
    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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  3. adjective
    little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
    "primitive mammals" "the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe"

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  4. adjective
    belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness
    "primitive movies of the 1890s" "primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains"

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  5. noun
    a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived
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  6. noun
    a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms
    "`pick' is the primitive from which `picket' is derived"
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  7. adjective
    used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies
    "primitive societies"
Examples of primitive
  • "primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking"
  • "primitive mammals"
  • "the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe"
  • "primitive movies of the 1890s"
  • "primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains"
  • "`pick' is the primitive from which `picket' is derived"
  • "primitive societies"
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