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noun

as in barbarian

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Adjective
Constructed in front of the stone ruins of the Patapsco Female Institute Historic Park in Ellicott City, that caveman-evocative set provides a suitably primitive stomping ground for the monstrous Caliban. Mike Giuliano, Howard County Times, 23 June 2017 A lot of the campgrounds are primitive, and lack some common amenities - including water. Jamie Hale, OregonLive.com, 6 July 2017
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Meanwhile, humans have regressed into being primitives that the apes hunt for sport, or feed out of pity from beside their campfire. EW.com, 2 Nov. 2023 But better reasons inhere in the rush of new ideas that have reinvigorated the science of paleontology and forced us to recast murky old primitives as efficient and worthy creatures in their own terms. Stephen Jay Gould, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019 See all Example Sentences for primitive 

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“Primitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/primitive. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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