| In Papua, the missionaries saw the laid-back, no-rule, non-authoritarian lifestyle of Papuans as a sign of their primitiveness. |
| Modern discoglossids combine primitiveness and specialization in their anatomy and behaviour. |
| This nostalgic embrace of primitiveness leads dystopians to interpret every technological advance as another step toward an ultimately dehumanized existence. |
| It is now the curative for all the world's ills from war, to poverty, to cultural primitiveness. |
| Modern man's primitiveness lurks beneath every layer of civilization, at times so obvious that one cannot see it. |
| Due to its relative primitiveness and secluded location, schools in the area will remain inactive for the better part of three months. |
