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primitive

/ˈpɹɪmɪtɪv/
noun
  1. An original or primary word; a word not derived from another, as opposed to derivative.

  2. A member of a primitive society.

  3. A simple-minded person.

Synonymsradical
adjective
  1. Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first.

    "primitive innocence;   the primitive church"

  2. Of or pertaining to or harking back to a former time; old-fashioned; characterized by simplicity.

    "a primitive style of dress"

    Similar: backwards

  3. Crude, obsolete.

    "primitive ideas"

Synonymsbackwards, imprimitive, proto-, radical
Antonymsderivative, derived

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