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Primitiveness
see synonyms of primitivenessNoun
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Primitiveness
see synonyms of primitivenessadjective
1.
of or belonging to the first or beginning; original
2.
characteristic of an early state, esp in being crude or uncivilized
a primitive dwelling
3. anthropology
denoting or relating to a preliterate and nonindustrial social system
4. biology
a.
of, relating to, or resembling an early stage in the evolutionary development of a particular group of organisms
primitive amphibians
b. another word for primordial (sense 3)
5.
showing the characteristics of primitive painters; untrained, childlike, or naive
6. geology
pertaining to magmas that have experienced only small degrees of fractional crystallization or crystal contamination
7. obsolete
of, relating to, or denoting rocks formed in or before the Palaeozoic era
8. obsolete
denoting a word from which another word is derived, as for example hope, from which hopeless is derived
9. Protestant theology
of, relating to, or associated with a minority group that breaks away from a sect, denomination, or Church in order to return to what is regarded as the original simplicity of the Gospels
noun
10.
a primitive person or thing
11.
a.
an artist whose work does not conform to traditional, academic, or avant-garde standards of Western painting, such as a painter from an African or Oceanic civilization
b.
a painter of the pre-Renaissance era in European painting
c.
a painter of any era whose work appears childlike or untrained
. Also called (for senses 11a, 11c): naive12.
a work by such an artist
13.
a word or concept from which another word or concept is derived
14. mathematics
a curve, function, or other form from which another is derived
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Primitiveness
see synonyms of primitiveness adjective
1.
of or existing in the beginning or the earliest times or ages; ancient; original
2.
a.
characteristic or imitative of the earliest ages
b.
crude, simple, rough, uncivilized, etc.
3.
not derivative; primary; basic
4. Anthropology
of or having to do with a preliterate, generally isolated, culture with a relatively low level of technology
5. Biology
a.
designating or of an organism, organ, etc. at the starting point of its evolutionary development or very little evolved from early ancestral types
b.
primordial (sense 3)
noun
6.
a primitive person or thing
7.
a.
an artist or a work of art of an early, esp. preliterate, culture
b.
an artist or a work of art that shows ingenuousness and lack of formal training
8. Algebra and Geometry
a form from which another is derived
9. Grammar
the form from which a certain word or other form has been derived; root; base
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Primitiveness
see synonyms of primitivenessadj.
1.
a. Of or relating to an early or original stage or state; primeval: life in the primitive ocean.
b. Occurring in or characteristic of an early stage of development or evolution: fossils of primitive angiosperms from the Cretaceous Period.
c. Having developed early in the evolutionary history of a group: Hair is a primitive trait of mammals.
d. Regarded as having changed little in evolutionary history. Not in scientific use: The coelacanth is a primitive fish.
2. Characterized by simplicity or crudity; unsophisticated: primitive weapons.
3. Of or relating to a nonindustrial, often tribal culture, especially one that is characterized by an absence of literacy and a low level of economic or technological complexity: primitive societies.
4. Not derived from something else; primary or basic: "Conscious perception is ... the most primitive form of judgment" (Alfred North Whitehead).
5. Linguistics
a. Serving as the basis for derived or inflected forms: Pick is the primitive word from which picket is derived.
b. Being a protolanguage: primitive Germanic.
6. Not resulting from conscious thought or deliberation; unconscious or instinctual: primitive passions.
7.
a. Of or created by an artist without formal training; simple or naive in style.
b. Of or relating to late medieval or pre-Renaissance European painters or sculptors.
n.
1. A person belonging to a nonindustrial, often tribal society, especially a society characterized by a low level of economic or technological complexity.
2. Derogatory An unsophisticated or unintelligent person.
3. One that is at a low or early stage of development.
4.
a. One belonging to an early stage in the development of an artistic trend, especially a painter of the pre-Renaissance period.
b. An artist having or affecting a simple, direct, unschooled style, as of painting.
c. A work of art created by a primitive artist.
5. Linguistics
a. A word or word element from which another word is derived by morphological or historical processes or from which inflected forms are derived.
b. A basic and indivisible unit of linguistic analysis. Also called prime.
6. Mathematics An algebraic or geometric expression from which another expression is derived.
7. Computers A basic or fundamental unit of machine instruction or translation.
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