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Relating to, denoting, or preserving the character of an early stage in the evolutionary or historical development of something
“The egg-laying platypus and its cousin, the anteater, along with marsupials, make up the most primitive group of living mammals.”
Of or denoting a simple, naive style of art that deliberately rejects sophisticated artistic techniques
“However, he was not at first as interested in the Fine Arts of painting and drawing as he was with the exotic primitive arts that were being collected from South Sea Islands at that time.”
Relating to or denoting a preliterate, non-industrial society or culture characterized by simple social and economic organization
“Long before the Spanish arrived, the Chamorros maintained a simple and primitive civilization.”
Very basic or unsophisticated in terms of comfort, convenience, or efficiency
“They are living in mud huts and everything is primitive by our standards, but unbelievably clean.”
Very old, typically from a past era or period
Belonging or happening near the beginning of a particular period
(of emotion or behaviour) Strongly instinctive and unreasoning
Essential, as an element, principle, or law
Tending toward cannibalism
Pioneering, relating to a nonindependent or new territory
(of an organ or body part) Having become biologically functionless in the course of evolution
Of, or like, an animal or animals
Having or displaying a violent or ferocious aggressiveness
A primitive word, from which other words may be derived
An organism which eats others of its own species, especially a human who eats human flesh
An native inhabitant of a country
A rough and generally bad-mannered person
An uncultured or brutish person
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