Word Study
primitiveness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun primitiveness has 1 sense
- primitiveness(n = noun.state) crudeness, crudity, primitivism, rudeness - a wild or unrefined state; Array is a kind of natural state, state of nature, wild
Derived forms adjective primitive3, adjective primitive2, adjective primitive1
CIDE DICTIONARY
primitiveness, n.
The quality or state of being primitive; conformity to primitive style or practice. [1913 Webster]
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