primal
adjective
Origin of primal
Related Words for primal
primordial, aboriginal, ancient, central, chief, earliest, early, first, fundamental, highest, old, original, paramount, past, prehistoric, primitive, principal, pristineExamples from the Web for primal
Contemporary Examples of primal
And to this day, liberals in the political world use the name “Willie Horton” to describe an appeal to primal racial fears.
I wanted to fill her with pain and primal rage, which was really fun for me.
Juliette Lewis on Hollywood, Why the MSM Hates Scientology, and Masturbating to George ClooneyMarlow Stern
September 19, 2014
Because primal violence is justified by religious belief, “the offenders have no remorse, no fear, and are extremely confident.”
Why ISIS Keeps Running Circles Around Us, Just Like Al Qaeda Did Before 9/11Christopher Dickey
September 11, 2014
One is on African primal religions, another on the tao of T'ai Chi Ch'uan, another on the path to total rejuvenation.
The Stacks: The Neville Brothers Stake Their Claim as Bards of the BayouJohn Ed Bradley
April 27, 2014
Meeting the Clintons, added Steve Rosinski, an actor in Las Vegas, was “primal.”
Historical Examples of primal
The primal impulse of vice and sin is a short cut to happiness.
The Call of the Twentieth CenturyDavid Starr Jordan
She trusted all the primal instincts without knowing she trusted them.
Tiverton TalesAlice Brown
And that must mean that Laotsze was that very same Yellow Ancient of primal days.
The Chinese Fairy BookVarious
We see, then, that the primal ground of inferiority in these pleasures 5.
Modern Painters Volume II (of V)John Ruskin
The primal laws do not take into account our ideas of respectability.
Sex=The Unknown QuantityAli Nomad