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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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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"

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          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"

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            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. His wooden instruments were primitive even for his time.
              2. The anthropologist delivered a lecture on primitive cultures.
              3. Magic plays an important part in primitive society.
              4. The primitive man was frightened at the sight of a savage beast.
              5. If you are a member of a primitive community and wish to produce food, for example, there are two things you must do.
              6. If you are a member of a primitive community and you wish to produce, say, food, there are two things that you must do.
              7. There are so-called primitive cultures in the jungles of the Amazon and on the island of New Guinea, and there are so-called advanced cultures in Europe, Asia, and Africa, but the languages of these cultures are all equally advanced and complex.
              8. wooden ships of primitive build;
              9. for plant genetic resources under threat of genetic erosion, evidence of genetic erosion based upon scientific results and indicators for the occurrence of landraces/primitive (local) varieties, their population diversity and the prevailing agricultural practices at local level,