primordial
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8.9
- adjective
- /prɪˈmɔrdɪəl/
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primordial
- With a whole world evolving from primordial ooze right before their eyes, it seemed like eons.
- primordial gravity
- primordial gravity waves
- primordial wisdom
And it is something that seems very primordial, this story structure.
- And it is something that seems very primordial, this story structure.
- But forget about dark matter, Shouldn't we look for primordial black holes on their own right?
- The colors are that of early Earth, which means primordial Earth.
- As it cools down, then all the fluctuations of that primordial inflaton energy inflationary field start.
- Then you got to have evil villains and the story, that conspiracy story, has to develop from some kind of primordial fear.
- This is what Heidegger and other places calls a primordial conception.
Examples
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So this experiment actually discovered the primordial ripples from which everything came.
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It's working on instinct, a deep, dark, primordial instinct.
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And it is something that seems very primordial, this story structure.
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This was very raw, primordial stuff that was in the streets of America.
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And that shows you how deep inside you, how basic, how primordial that circuit is in you.
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You are messing with the primordial forces of nature!
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So in a certain sense, poetry is more primordial, more foundational.
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For the window looks out onto primordial darkness, space yet unmarked by history.
Fiction book (1993) -
Huge and terrifying creatures snake footed with the primordial strength of their mother Earth, the giants.
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The primordial landscape was shaped by millennia of natural forces.
Synonyms
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7.0
About the first stage of life inside an egg or the mother's body before birth
24
6.5
Of the first people or things living in a region
22
6.8
From the earliest time, original and ancient
11
8.8
Relating to the first time on Earth before people lived
About an early stage when a plan or idea is not yet developed
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
2
8.6
A mix of simple chemicals in early oceans that may have formed life
- Specialized
A person who is much smaller than normal due to a rare genetic condition, with normal mental and sexual development
How Early
26
8.9
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Primordial comes from old words meaning 'first' (primus) and 'to begin' (ordiri), and it is related to English words like prime and primary. So primordial describes something from the very first time or the earliest stage.