ˈpriməd.əˌvizəm, -mətəˌ- noun
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1. : primitive practices or procedures
the final stage of the transition from primitivism to modernism — Farley Mowat
2.
a. : a belief in the superiority of a simple unsophisticated way of life especially close to nature
b. : a belief in the superiority of early especially nonindustrial society to that of the present
3.
a. : the style of self-taught artists usually marked by imaginative naïveté and formal simplicity and directness
b. : the style of the art of primitive peoples usually marked by vitality, boldness, and deliberate distortion
c. : a conscious imitation by a sophisticated artist of the style of primitive artists or primitive art