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Definition of primitive

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



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