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nouna person who belongs to an early stage of civilization
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adjectiveof or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style
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adjectivelittle evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
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adjectivebelonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness
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nouna mathematical expression from which another expression is derivedtype of:
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nouna word serving as the basis for inflected or derived formstype of:
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adjectiveused of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies
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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"