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PRIMITIVISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does primitivism mean?
• PRIMITIVISM (noun)
The noun PRIMITIVISM has 2 senses:
1. a wild or unrefined state
2. a genre characteristic of (or imitative of) primitive artists or children
Familiarity information: PRIMITIVISM used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A wild or unrefined state
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
crudeness; crudity; primitiveness; primitivism; rudeness
Hypernyms ("primitivism" is a kind of...):
natural state; state of nature; wild (a wild primitive state untouched by civilization)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A genre characteristic of (or imitative of) primitive artists or children
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("primitivism" is a kind of...):
genre (a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique)
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