Dictionary

primitivism en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English primitive Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English primitivism From primitive + -ism.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The state or quality of being primitive.
2. (countable, uncountable) The opinion that life was better or more moral among primitive peoples, or among children, and has deteriorated with civilization.
3. (countable, uncountable) Any of a group of related styles in the arts, influenced by a belief in the superiority of primitive forms.
   • Exuberant in its primitivism, High Kicks has a joyous, slightly naive spark that sometimes evokes the sort of tuneful messes to which Calvin Johnson's name is often attached. 2009 January 18, Ben Rayner, “Ben Rayner's reasons to live”, in Toronto Star:

Forms

Deriveds

anarcho-primitivism · neoprimitivism · anarchoprimitivism

Relateds

primitivist

Translations (8)

ka პრიმიტივიზმი (artistic movement) · fr primitivisme (artistic movement) · ro primitivitate (state of being primitive) · ka პრიმიტივიზმი (state of being primitive) · ro primitivism (artistic movement) · pl prymitywizm (artistic movement) · fr primitivité (state of being primitive) · ro primitivism (state of being primitive)