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primitive, crude, rude | belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness | |
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primitive | [in anthropology] used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies | |
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primitive, archaic | little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type | |
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primitive | a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived | |
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primitive | a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms | |
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primitive, naive | [in fine_arts] of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style | |
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primitive, primitive person | a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization |