PRIMITIVE ART

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does primitive art mean? 

• PRIMITIVE ART (noun)
  The noun PRIMITIVE ART has 1 sense:

1. a genre of art and outdoor constructions made by untrained artists who do not recognize themselves as artists

  Familiarity information: PRIMITIVE ART used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRIMITIVE ART (noun)

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Meaning:

A genre of art and outdoor constructions made by untrained artists who do not recognize themselves as artists

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

naive art; outsider art; primitive art; self-taught art; vernacular art

Hypernyms ("primitive art" is a kind of...):

genre (a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique)