| ADJECTIVE | all | primitive, crude, rude | belonging to an early stage / stage of technical development |
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| all | primitive, archaic | little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type | |
| all | primitive | used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies | |
| all | primitive, naive | of or created by one without formal training | |
| NOUN | person | primitive, primitive person | a person who belongs to an early stage / stage of civilization |
| communication | primitive | a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived | |
| communication | primitive | a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms |
| Sounds | prih'mahtihv; prih'mihtihv | |
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| Rhymes | abortive ... vituperative: 304 rhymes with ihv... | |
| Meaning | Belonging to an early stage / stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness. | |
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| Synonyms | crude, rude | |
| Broader | early | Being or occurring at an early stage / stage of development |
| Spanish | primitivo, rudimentario, tosco | |
| Catalan | primitiu | |
| Nouns | primitiveness | a wild or unrefined state |
| Adverbs | primitively | in a primitive style or manner |
| Meaning | Little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type. | |
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| Synonym | archaic | |
| Broader | early | Being or occurring at an early stage / stage of development |
| Spanish | primitivo | |
| Catalan | primitiu | |
| Nouns | primitive | a person who belongs to an early stage / stage of civilization |
| primitiveness | a wild or unrefined state | |
| Meaning | Used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies. | |
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| Example | "primitive societies" | |
| Category | anthropology | The social science that studies the origins / origins and social relationships of human beings |
| Broader | noncivilized, noncivilised | not having a high state of culture and social development |
| Spanish | primitivo | |
| Nouns | primitive | a person who belongs to an early stage / stage of civilization |
| primitiveness | a wild or unrefined state | |
| Meaning | Of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style. | |
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| Example | "primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking" | |
| Synonym | naive | |
| Category | fine arts, beaux arts | The study and creation of visual works of art |
| Broader | untrained | not disciplined or conditioned or made adept by training |
| Meaning | A mathematical expression from which another expression is derived. | |
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| Broader | formula, expression | A group of symbols that make a mathematical statement |
| Meaning | A word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms. | |
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| Example | "'pick' is the primitive from which 'picket' is derived" | |
| Broader | word | A unit of language that native speakers can identify |
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