1.
Primitive means belonging to a society in which people live in a very simple way, usually without industries or a writing system.
...studies of ~ societies.
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2.
Primitive means belonging to a very early period in the development of an animal or plant.
...~ whales...
It is a ~ instinct to flee a place of danger.
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3.
If you describe something as ~, you mean that it is very simple in style or very old-fashioned.
It’s using some rather ~ technology.
? sophisticated
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