Definitions
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”
adjective
little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
“primitive mammals”
adjective
belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness
“primitive movies of the 1890s”
noun
a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived
noun
a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms
“`pick' is the primitive from which `picket' is derived”
adjective
used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies
“primitive societies”
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