C2 noun #70,367 most common

The state or quality of being primitive.

primitivism in 30 Seconds

  • (noun) The state or quality of being primitive.
  • (noun) The opinion that life was better or more moral among primitive peoples, or among children, and has deteriorated with civilization.
  • (noun) Any of a group of related styles in the arts, influenced by a belief in the superiority of primitive forms.

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun The state or quality of being primitive.
  2. 2
    noun The opinion that life was better or more moral among primitive peoples, or among children, and has deteriorated with civilization.
  3. 3
    noun Any of a group of related styles in the arts, influenced by a belief in the superiority of primitive forms.
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