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#1 primitive s. [crude, rude] 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 mo. wn
#2 primitive s. [archaic] 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". wn
#3 primitive s. used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies; "primitive societies". wn
#4 primitive n. [primitive person] a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization. wn
#5 primitive n. a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived. wn
#2 primitive s. [archaic] 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". wn
#3 primitive s. used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies; "primitive societies". wn
#4 primitive n. [primitive person] a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization. wn
#5 primitive n. a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived. wn
