primitive - Meaning in Sanskrit

primitive - Meaning in Sanskrit

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Definitions and Meaning of primitive in English

primitive adjective

1. used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies

   Example

   • "primitive societies"
2. little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type

   Synonyms

   archaic, archaic

   Examples

   • "archaic forms of life"
   • "primitive mammals"
   • "the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe"
3. belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness

   Synonyms

   crude, rude, rude

   Examples

   • "primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains"
   • "primitive movies of the 1890s"
   • "the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man"
4. of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style

   Synonyms

   naive, naive

   Example

   • "primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking"

primitive noun

1. a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms

   Example

   • "`pick' is the primitive from which `picket' is derived"
2. a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived
3. a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization

   Synonyms

   primitive person

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