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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4019 COCA: 5798

primitive

1 primitive /ˈprɪmətɪv/ adjective
1 primitive
/ˈprɪmətɪv/
adjective
Learner's definition of PRIMITIVE
[more primitive; most primitive]
: of, belonging to, or seeming to come from an early time in the very ancient past原始的;远古的
: not having a written language, advanced technology, etc.原始的,未开化的(无文字、无先进技术等)
: very simple and basic : made or done in a way that is not modern and that does not show much skill(器物等)原始的,粗糙的,简陋的
: coming from the part of a person that is wild or like an animal : not based on reason本能的;原始的

— primitively

adverb

— primitiveness

noun [noncount]
2 primitive /ˈprɪmətɪv/ noun
plural primitives
2 primitive
/ˈprɪmətɪv/
noun
plural primitives
Learner's definition of PRIMITIVE
[count] formal
: an artist who makes art in a simple style that is childlike
also : the art made by such an artist原始派艺术家;原始派艺术作品
old-fashioned : someone who belongs to a primitive society原始人
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4019 COCA: 5798

primitive

1 of 2

adjective

prim·​i·​tive ˈpri-mə-tiv How to pronounce primitive (audio)
1
a
: not derived : original, primary
b
: assumed as a basis
especially : axiomatic
primitive concepts
2
a
: of or relating to the earliest age or period : primeval
the primitive church
b
: closely approximating an early ancestral type : little evolved
primitive mammals
c
: belonging to or characteristic of an early stage of development : crude, rudimentary
primitive technology
d
: of, relating to, or constituting the assumed parent speech of related languages
primitive Germanic
3
a
: elemental, natural
our primitive feelings of vengeance John Mackwood
b
sometimes offensive : of, relating to, or produced by a people or culture that is nonindustrial and often nonliterate and tribal
primitive art
c
: naive
d(1)
: self-taught, untutored
primitive craftsmen
(2)
: produced by a self-taught artist
a primitive painting
primitively adverb
primitiveness noun
primitivity noun

primitive

2 of 2

noun

1
a
: something primitive
specifically : a primitive idea, term, or proposition
b
: a root word
2
a(1)
: an artist of an early period of a culture or artistic movement
(2)
: a later imitator or follower of such an artist
b(1)
: a self-taught artist
(2)
: an artist whose work is marked by directness and naïveté
c
: a work of art produced by a primitive artist
d
: a typically rough or simple usually handmade and antique home accessory or furnishing
3
a
: a member of a primitive people
b
: an unsophisticated person

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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4019 COCA: 5798

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