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primitive

/ primitive /
noun/adjective satellite

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms
"`pick'' is the primitive from which `picket'' is derived"
Type of:
word
noun Sense 2
a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived
Type of:
formula expression
noun Sense 3
a person who belongs to early stage of civilization
Type of:
person individual someone
Kinds of:
Aryan Indo-European aborigine Basket Maker caveman
adjective satellite Sense 4
used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies
"primitive societies"
Similar:
noncivilized noncivilised
Domain:
anthropology
adjective satellite Sense 5
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"
Similar:
untrained
Domain:
fine arts beaux arts
adjective satellite Sense 6
little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
"archaic forms of life"
"primitive mammals"
"the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe"
Similar:
early
adjective satellite Sense 7
belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness
"the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man"
"primitive movies of the 1890s"
"primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mo"
Similar:
early
Semantic Complexity
87%
Sense Count
7
Total Synonyms
5
Total Relationships
16
Times Searched
1
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word formula expression person individual someone Aryan Indo-European aborigine Basket Maker caveman noncivilized