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Definition of primordial
1a : first created or developed : primeval sense 1
b : existing in or persisting from the beginning (as of a solar system or universe) a primordial gas cloud
c : earliest formed in the growth of an individual or organ : primitive primordial cells
2 : fundamental, primary primordial human joys— Sir Winston Churchill
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ancient, early, primal, primeval, primitive
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Well, our theory certainly predicts that primordial gravitational waves should be there at some level. — Alexander Hellemans, Scientific American, "A Conversation with Thomas Hertog, One of Stephen Hawking’s Final Collaborators," 24 May 2018 Brain battle between distrust and reward As in all animals, human brains balance two primordial systems. — Leslie Henderson, Scientific American, "Why Our Brains See the World as "Us" versus "Them"," 22 June 2018 The real question, at least for me, is how, as a fan or chronicler, to reconcile that disturbing knowledge with the primordial pleasure that such hits arouse within us. — Larry Stone, The Seattle Times, "Seahawks safety Kam Chancellor’s departure elicits feelings of admiration, guilt," 3 July 2018 Whether leftist, liberal or Khomeinist, leaders and opposition alike must bind their agendas to the logic that Iran is primordial, organic and continuous. — Shervin Malekzadeh, Washington Post, "What Trump doesn’t get about ideology in Iran. It’s about nationalism, not theocracy.," 25 June 2018 Or reactions driven by Mars's ancient volcanoes could have formed the compounds from primordial carbon dioxide. — Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, "NASA rover hits organic pay dirt on Mars," 7 June 2018 For these primordial policing machines, an arrest would not take long. — Jeff Maysh, Smithsonian, "The Counterfeit Queen of Soul," 28 June 2018 But has clay, that most primordial matter, ever been significant enough as an art medium to merit killing off? — Leah Ollman, latimes.com, "Ceramic art, once written off as mere craft, wins a brighter spotlight in the L.A. scene," 25 Apr. 2018 The dip meant that cosmic energy was being absorbed by primordial clouds of hydrogen gas that hung over the universe like a fog, but whose atoms had been thrown out of balance by the sudden presence of starlight. — Dennis Overbye, New York Times, "When Stars Were Born: Earliest Starlight’s Effects Are Detected," 28 Feb. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'primordial.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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English Language Learners Definition of primordial
: existing from the beginning of time : very ancient
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Medical Definition of primordial
: earliest formed in the growth of an individual or organ : primitive the primordial skeleton
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