Dictionary Check: primitive
"primitive" is a valid word!
Scrabble
16
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Words with Friends
19
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Definition
adjective
belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness
Example:
"the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man"
adjective
little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
Example:
"archaic forms of life"
adjective
used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies
Example:
"primitive societies"
adjective
of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style
Example:
"primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking"
noun
a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization
noun
a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived
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