primitivist

primitivist

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English primitive
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Hellenic *-tās
Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)der.
Latin -istader.
Old French -istebor.
Middle English -ist
English -ist
English primitivist

    From primitive + -ist.

    Adjective

    primitivist (comparative more primitivist, superlative most primitivist)

    1. 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[1]:
        […] they developed a sound that mixed the menace of rockabilly’s primitivist fringe with dark psychedelia and the blunt simplicity of punk.

    Noun

    primitivist (plural primitivists)

    1. A proponent of primitivism.

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