primitive
/prˈɪmʌtɪv/
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Definitions
Adjective Satellite
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 mountains"
Adjective Satellite
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"
Adjective Satellite
used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies; "primitive societies"
Adjective Satellite
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"
Noun
a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization
Noun
a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived
Noun
a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms; "`pick'' is the primitive from which `picket'' is derived"