HyperDic: primitiveness

English > 1 sense of the word primitiveness:
NOUNstateprimitiveness, crudeness, crudity, primitivism, rudenessa wild or unrefined state
English > primitiveness: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningA wild or unrefined state.
Synonymscrudeness, crudity, primitivism, rudeness
Broaderwild, natural state, state of natureA wild primitive state untouched by civilization
Spanishcrudeza, grosería, primitivismo, tosquedad
Catalanbarroeria, cruesa, grosseria, primitivisme, primitivitat, tosquedat
Adjectivesprimitivelittle evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
primitivebelonging to an early stage / stage of technical development
primitiveused of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies

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