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primitive

primitive
Zelfstandig naamwoord
  • iemand die schildert in primitieve stijl
  • a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization

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Hyponiemen

primitive
Zelfstandig naamwoord
    • a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms
    "`pick' is the primitive from which `picket' is derived"

    Hyperoniemen

    primitive
    Zelfstandig naamwoord
      • a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived

      Hyperoniemen

      primitive
      Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
        • used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies
        "primitive societies"
        primitive
        Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
          • belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness
          "primitive movies of the 1890s"
          "primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains"

          Synoniemen

          primitive
          Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
            • 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"

            Synoniemen

            primitive
            Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
              • little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
              "primitive mammals"
              "the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe"

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              Voorbeeldzinnen

              1. They used those primitive tools.
              2. This was quite primitive compared to that.
              3. In primitive societies barter was used.
              4. His wooden instruments were primitive even for his time.
              5. The anthropologist delivered a lecture on primitive cultures.
              6. Magic plays an important part in primitive society.
              7. Primitive calculating machines existed long before computers were developed.
              8. He contends that primitive life once existed on Mars.
              9. At that time a primitive people lived there.
              10. The primitive man was frightened at the sight of a savage beast.
              11. The primitive man was frightened at the sign of the beast.
              12. When the boys go camping, they enjoy living in a primitive way.
              13. The rioters were like animals in the grip of a primitive frenzy.
              14. If you are a member of a primitive community and wish to produce food, for example, there are two things you must do.
              15. If you are a member of a primitive community and you wish to produce, say, food, there are two things that you must do.