primitivist

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adjective

Exhibiting or practicing primitivism, the advocacy of primitive over refined forms

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Meanings

adjectiveprimitivist (comparative more primitivist, superlative most primitivist)

comparative more primitivist · superlative most primitivist

  1. Exhibiting or practicing primitivism, the advocacy of primitive over refined forms

    […] they developed a sound that mixed the menace of rockabilly’s primitivist fringe with dark psychedelia and the blunt simplicity of punk.

    2009 February 6, Ben Sisario, “Lux Interior, 62, Singer in the Punk-Rock Era, Is Dead”, in New York Times
nounprimitivist (plural primitivists)

plural primitivists

  1. A proponent of primitivism.

Origin

From primitive + -ist.

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APA

primitivist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/primitivist

MLA

“primitivist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/primitivist. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “primitivist,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/primitivist.

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