Other Words from primitivism

primitivist \ ˈpri-mə-ti-vist

\ noun or adjective

primitivistic \ ˌpri-mə-ti-ˈvi-stik

\ adjective

Examples of primitivism in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web What attracts them all is the formula’s stubborn, sentimental primitivism, redeemed by charm. — Dan Neil, WSJ, 6 Jan. 2022 Rather than a defense of chest-beating primitivism, the conclusion emphasizes the risks of male self-assertion untethered from purpose and responsibility. — Samuel Goldman, The Week, 3 Nov. 2021 As outlandish as Luhan may sound, neither her primitivism nor her spiritualism was particularly unusual in her time. — Rebecca Panovka, The New Yorker, 2 June 2021 Fringe beliefs such as anarcho-primitivism or eco-fascism have become familiar ideologies, and figures like Fuentes possess cultish influence. — Nathan Taylor Pemberton, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2021 But the argument that a billionaire’s billions are a self-evident credential for national leadership is modern primitivism at its purest. — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 15 Oct. 2019 Some, inspired by Netflix’s recent thriller about Ted Kaczynski, have embraced the Unabomber’s nihilist primitivism. — Sam Adler-bell, The New Republic, 24 Sep. 2019 The Marquesas, Tahiti and Hawaii all offer a foretaste of Gauguin’s late 19th-century Romantic primitivism, but without his depth of passion. — Willard Spiegelman, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2018 The wide selection of Nadelman items alone — perhaps the peak of Kirstein’s often erratic taste in the visual arts — is worth the visit to this gathering: modernism meets primitivism meets classicism. — Alastair Macaulay, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2018

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