primitivist
- a word derived from primitivism.
Example Sentences
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In his optimistic moments, he imagines making work that will get him talked about as the “Gauguin of the Northern Hemisphere,” doing for this rocky Atlantic outpost what the French primitivist once did for Tahiti.
From New York Times ● May 17, 2022
Fearn wrote beats that were deceptively primitivist, as indebted to the skronking throb-throb of ’80s American post-punk bands like Big Black as they were to hip-hop; Williamson’s heavily-accented rage-poetry fit neatly on top.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 21, 2021
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
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
