primitivism
noun
a recurrent theory or belief, as in philosophy or art, that the qualities of primitive or chronologically early cultures are superior to those of contemporary civilization.
primitivist
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a word derived from
primitivism.
Example Sentences
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He appeals to the primitivist ideas of everyone around him.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 2, 2020
When you combine that unusual shape with the tower’s skin of stone panels, the effect is distinctly primitivist, with hints of the way Mayan or Egyptian temples preside over wide empty plazas.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2017
Some things are guaranteed at Watergate Gallery’s annual show of paintings from Haiti’s Rainbow Gallery: vivid colors, bustling market scenes and primitivist jungle tableaux with animals that are native to Africa, not the Caribbean.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 3, 2015
But her feelings are also in accord with the old, primitivist formula whereby the less refined something is, the truer it is.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 1, 2015
“People discovered we could sell our paintings,” she said, both to visitors as souvenirs of the islands and to collectors interested in primitivist or naïve art.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2012
