primitivism
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
primitivism (countable and uncountable, plural primitivisms)
- The state or quality of being primitive.
- The opinion that life was better or more moral among primitive peoples, or among children, and has deteriorated with civilization.
- Any of a group of related styles in the arts, influenced by a belief in the superiority of primitive forms.
- 2009 January 18, Ben Rayner, “Ben Rayner's reasons to live”, in Toronto Star[1]:
- Exuberant in its primitivism, High Kicks has a joyous, slightly naive spark that sometimes evokes the sort of tuneful messes to which Calvin Johnson's name is often attached.
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state of being primitive
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artistic mouvement
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See also edit
- primitivism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French primitivisme.
Noun edit
primitivism n (uncountable)
Declension edit
declension of primitivism (singular only)
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) primitivism | primitivismul |
genitive/dative | (unui) primitivism | primitivismului |
vocative | primitivismule |