primitivism
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- noun
- /ˈprɪmɪtɪvɪzəm/
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primitivismo
- The production of poetry ranges from neoclassicism to primitivism.
Examples
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Tambu is at pains to differentiate herself from European discourses of African primitivism, which she associates with the village and her mother.
Academic text (2008) -
Both had complex and paradoxical relationships to notions of primitivism, often appearing to promote stereotypes.
Academic text (2006) -
Having a national party that invites such primitivism is dangerous.
Blog text (13) -
"It's primitivism, an indulgence in sheer male primitivism.
Fiction book (1999) -
"Absolutely a textbook case of isolated primitivism at its finest."
Fiction book (1994) -
Indeed, primitivism as a way of appropriating non-Western culture and cultural artifacts is central to the avant-garde.
Academic text (1999) -
In this light, tattooing, associated with ethnic minority culture, has taken on connotations of primitivism and barbarism.
Academic text (2009) -
The Old Testament, basically the Jewish Tanakh, reflected an age of savagery, slavery, tribalism, and primitivism.
Blog text (18) -
The reader is seduced into viewing the problem in abstract terms such as underdevelopment, primitivism, and ignorance versus technological progress, modernization, and education.
Academic text (1993) -
The artist embraced a sense of primitivism in her work, using simple forms and colors to express raw emotion.
Synonyms
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4.9
Something that is rough and not finished, like a simple tool or shelter
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8.2
A raw, rough quality that feels unfinished and not careful
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8.0
A simple, not developed state like early tools or art
A simple early form that shows original ideas or ways
Antonyms
How Primitive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word primitivism is related to the English word primitive and comes from the Latin primus, which means 'first'. It began as the idea of being like the 'first' people or early times, simple and rough, so primitivism can mean a state that is 'wild', 'crude', or 'unrefined'.