primitivist
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- noun
- /ˈprɪmɪtɪvɪst/
- The exhibition featured several works by primitivists who sought to reject modern complexities.
- European primitivist
Examples
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As a historian and writer, Wendt analyzes the primitivist "yearnings" in Mead's text.
Academic text (1993) -
Many artists today identify as primitivists, believing in the value of a simpler lifestyle and art style.
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Also, not all green anarchists and primitivists are young.
Blog text (34) -
The primitivist revolution begun by Picasso with African art was spreading to America.
Academic text (2006) -
Nearly all anarcho-primitivists, I would say, are true believers.
Blog text (34) -
Anarcho-primitivists assert that, before recorded history, human society was organized on anarchist principles.
Blog text (24) -
The scholars were not just leftists; they were primitivists by temperament, like Rousseau.
Blog text (10) -
As a primitivist, she advocated for a lifestyle that embraced nature and basic living over urban conveniences.
Synonyms
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A person who holds strongly to old customs and resists change
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A person who does not support modern ideas, values, or styles
A person who wants to bring back old ways in a modern setting
A person who opposes modern ideas and prefers traditional ways
Antonyms
How Committed
Surface Forms
Morphology
primitivist = primitivism (transparent) = primitive + ist
The noun denotes a person who practices or supports 'primitivism', formed by adding '-ist' to the movement noun.
Etymology
Primitivist is made from primitive ('first' or 'early') plus the ending -ist meaning 'a person who', and it shares its root with prime and primary. So a primitivist is someone who supports living simply or who follows early, basic styles in art.