primal scream
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of primal scream
An Americanism dating back to 1970–75
Example Sentences
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Forget protests, they’re more of a massive primal scream therapy session.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
For a strange hour, one could digest Sunday brunch, laugh, cry, reflect, bop along to the music, quietly listen or let it all out in a deafening collective primal scream.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2024
So do highly publicized acts of kindness – like, say, a sweet fictional three-and-a-half-year-old responding to a nationwide primal scream by reminding people he hears and loves them.
From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2024
Sarah Harmon, a therapist in Boston, organized her first primal scream event in March 2022 to let go of feelings that she said she was exploding with.
From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2022
It sounds like the primal scream of an ancient race.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
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