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Primitive (Noun)

A word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms; "`pick' is the primitive from which `picket' is derived".

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.

A mathematical expression from which another expression is derived.

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.

A person who belongs to an early stage of civilization.

Nouns denoting people.

The cave paintings depicted a primitive hunter-gatherer community that relied on natural resources for survival.
The explorer's writings described a primitive tribe living in the Amazon rainforest, untouched by modern society.
In the movie, a primitive native is shown discovering a spaceship crash-landed in the jungle.
Anthropologists have studied the tools and rituals of primitive societies to understand the evolution of human culture.
A primitive fisherman in a small village used traditional methods passed down from his ancestors to catch fish for his family's dinner.