primitivism
[prim-i-ti-viz-uh m]
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Origin of primitivism
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Contemporary Examples of primitivism
He devotes an entire chapter to the co-existence of “primitivism and technology.”
Historical Examples of primitivism
And this theory is the excuse for all the attempts at primitivism of which we have lately seen so much.
The Practice and Science Of DrawingHarold Speed
In an age when a fog of dreary sameness comes over all the civilised world, the Balkans have a great asset in their primitivism.
The Balkan PeninsulaFrank Fox
A land of hills, of black forests and shining rivers; a land uncultivated but rich in promise, magnificent in its primitivism.
The AvengerE. Phillips Oppenheim
primitivism
- the condition of being primitive
- the notion that the value of primitive cultures is superior to that of the modern world
- the principles, characteristics, etc, of primitive art and artists
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Word Origin and History for primitivism
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primitivism
A style of art that attempts to imitate the art of primitive cultures or of children.
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