Primitivism Definition

prĭmĭ-tĭ-vĭzəm
noun
The condition or quality of being primitive.
American Heritage
Belief in or practice of primitive ways, living, etc.
Webster's New World
The qualities, principles, etc. of primitive art or artists.
Webster's New World
A belief that the acquisitions of civilization are evil or that the earliest period of human history was the best.
American Heritage

The opinion that life was better or more moral among primitive peoples, or among children, and has deteriorated with civilization.

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Other Word Forms of Primitivism

Noun

Singular:
primitivism
Plural:
primitivisms

Origin of Primitivism

Primitivism Sentence Examples

  • When we visited there was a very striking exhibition examining how African folk art has influenced primitivism in western art.

  • Museum Without Walls stands as both totem and architectural model, creating a contemporary primitivism from cultural refuse.

  • An anarchist primitivism worthy of support would reject scientism, biologism, and the selective and uncritical embrace of anthropological research into gatherer-hunter cultures.

  • Modern primitive cultural leaders included Fakir Musafar, who promoted modern primitivism as an offshoot of the 1970's punk subculture.

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Words Starting With

PPRPRI

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MSMISM

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Words Starting With P and Ending With M

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11 Letter Words11 Letter Words Starting With P11 Letter Words Ending With M