primitivist
English
Etymology
primitive + -ist
Adjective
primitivist (comparative more primitivist, superlative most primitivist)
- Exhibiting or practicing primitivism, the advocacy of primitive over refined forms
- 2009 February 6, Ben Sisario, “Lux Interior, 62, Singer in the Punk-Rock Era, Is Dead”, in New York Times:
- […] they developed a sound that mixed the menace of rockabilly’s primitivist fringe with dark psychedelia and the blunt simplicity of punk.
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Noun
primitivist (plural primitivists)
- A proponent of primitivism.
Related terms
- primitivism
See also
