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Definisjon av primitive

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Noun
primitive - a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization
primitive person
mortal, somebody, someone, individual, person, soul a single organism
aryan, indo-european a member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European
autochthon the earliest known inhabitants of a region
basket maker early Amerindians related to the Pueblo; known for skill in making baskets
cave dweller, cave man, caveman, troglodyte someone who lives in a cave
heidelberg man, homo heidelbergensis a type of primitive man who lived in Europe
missing link, ape-man hypothetical organism formerly thought to be intermediate between apes and human beings
mound builder prehistoric Amerindians who built altar mounds
piltdown hoax, piltdown man a supposedly primitive man later proven to be a hoax
barbarian, savage a member of an uncivilized people
primitive - a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms; "`pick' is the primitive from which `picket' is derived"
primitive - a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived

Adjective
primitive - used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies; "primitive societies"
noncivilised, noncivilized not having a high state of culture and social development
anthropology the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings
primitive - of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style; "primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking"
naive
untrained not disciplined or conditioned or made adept by training; "an untrained voice"; "untrained troops"; "young minds untrained in the habit of concentration"
primitive - belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness; "the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man"; "primitive movies of the 1890s"; "primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains"
crude, rude
early at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time; "early morning"; "an early warning"; "early diagnosis"; "an early death"; "took early retirement"; "an early spring"; "early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties"
primitive - little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type; "archaic forms of life"; "primitive mammals"; "the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe"
archaic
early at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time; "early morning"; "an early warning"; "early diagnosis"; "an early death"; "took early retirement"; "an early spring"; "early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties"
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Substantiv
primitive - An original or primary word; a word not derived from another, as opposed to.
primitive - A member of a primitive society.
primitive - A simple-minded person.
primitive - A data type that is built into the programming language, as opposed to more complex structures.
primitive - A basic geometric shape from which more complex shapes can be constructed.
primitive - A function whose derivative is a given function; an antiderivative.

Adjektiv
primitive - Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first.
primitive - Of or pertaining to a former time; old-fashioned; characterized by simplicity.
primitive - Crude, obsolete.
primitive - Original; primary; radical; not derived.
primitive - Occurring in or characteristic of an early stage of development or evolution.

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  • primitive
    Occurring in or characteristic of an early stage of development or evolution.

Adjektiv - Gradbøying

  • Positiv: primitive
  • Komparativ: more primitive
  • Superlativ: most primitive

Substantiv

  • Entall: primitive
  • Flertall: primitives

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