Primitive (Adjective)
Meaning 1
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".
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Meaning 2
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".
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Meaning 3
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".
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Meaning 4
Used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies; "primitive societies".
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