primitivist
- a word derived from primitivism.
Example Sentences
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But a few of them — notably “Standing Owl” — attain a canny harmony of primal subject and primitivist style.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 4, 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
Or, better still, “A Brimful of Asha,” which with its nonprofessional co-star would appear to follow the increasingly well-traveled primitivist path laid by such avant-garde companies as Nature Theater of Oklahoma and 600 Highwaymen.
From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2014
