1 [usuallybeforenoun] belonging to a very simple society with no industry, etc:
primitive tribes * primitive rituals / beliefs
2 [usuallybeforenoun] belonging to an early stage in the development of humans or animals:
primitive man
3 very simple and old-fashioned, especially when sth is also not convenient and comfortable:
The methods of communication used during the war were primitive by today's standards. * The facilities on the campsite were very primitive.
4 [usuallybeforenoun] (of a feeling or a desire) very strong and not based on reason, as if from the earliest period of human life:
a primitive instinct / desire
primitiveness noun [U]
سۆز تۈركۈمى: noun
1 an artist of the period before the Renaissance; an example of work from this period
2 an artist who paints in a very simple style like a child; an example of the work of such an artist
