Word Study
primitivism
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun primitivism has 2 senses
- primitivism(n = noun.state) crudeness, crudity, primitiveness, rudeness - a wild or unrefined state; Array is a kind of natural state, state of nature, wild
- primitivism(n = noun.artifact) Array - a genre characteristic of (or imitative of) primitive artists or children; Array is a kind of genre
OXFORD DICTIONARY
primitivism, n.
1 primitive behaviour.
2 belief in the superiority of what is primitive.
3 the practice of primitive art.
1 primitive behaviour.
2 belief in the superiority of what is primitive.
3 the practice of primitive art.
Derivative
primitivist n. & adj.
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