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Primitive is a subjective label used to imply that one thing is less "sophisticated" or less "advanced" than some other thing. Being a comparative word it is also relative in nature.

Indigenous peoples and their beliefs and practices are sometimes described as "primitive or primitivecottage", a usage that is seen as unhelpful and inaccurate by the vast majority of contemporary anthropologists and similar professionals.

There are also various political or theoretical concepts regarding the primitive condition, or its advocation.






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Primitive is a subjective label used to imply that one thing is less "sophisticated" or less "advanced" than some other thing. Being a comparative word it is also relative in nature.

Indigenous peoples and their beliefs and practices are sometimes described as "primitive or primitivecottage", a usage that is seen as unhelpful and inaccurate by the vast majority of contemporary anthropologists and similar professionals.

There are also various political or theoretical concepts regarding the primitive condition, or its advocation. Primitive communism
Primitive communism

Primitive communism is:A term usually associated with Karl Marx, but most fully elaborated by Friedrich Engels , and referring to the collective right to basic resources, egalitarianism in social relationships, and absence of authoritarian rule and hierarchy that is supposed to have preceded stratification and exploitation in human history....
  pre-agrarian form of communism
Communism

Communism is a socioeconomic structure and political ideology that promotes the establishment of an egalitarianism, classlessness, stateless society based on common ownership and control of the means of production and property in general....
. Anarcho-primitivism
Anarcho-primitivism

Anarcho-primitivism is an Anarchism critique of the origins and progress of civilization. According to anarcho-primitivism, the shift from hunter-gatherer to Agriculture subsistence gave rise to Social_stratification#Non-stratified_societies, coercion, and Social alienation....
 advocates a return to a primitive condition. Luddites had a related philosophy.

Primitive may refer to:

  • Anarcho-primitivism
    Anarcho-primitivism

    Anarcho-primitivism is an Anarchism critique of the origins and progress of civilization. According to anarcho-primitivism, the shift from hunter-gatherer to Agriculture subsistence gave rise to Social_stratification#Non-stratified_societies, coercion, and Social alienation....
    , an anarchist critique of the origins and progress of civilization
  • Primitive culture
    Primitive culture

    In older anthropology texts and discussions, a primitive culture is one that lacks major signs of economic development or modernity. For instance, it might lack a written language or advanced technology and have a limited and isolated population....
    , one that lacks major signs of economic development or modernity
  • Noble savage
    Noble savage

    In the eighteenth-century cult of "Primitivism" the noble savage, uncorrupted by the influences of civilization, was considered more worthy, more authentically noble than the contemporary product of civilized training....
    , uncorrupted by the influences of civilization
  • Primitive communism
    Primitive communism

    Primitive communism is:A term usually associated with Karl Marx, but most fully elaborated by Friedrich Engels , and referring to the collective right to basic resources, egalitarianism in social relationships, and absence of authoritarian rule and hierarchy that is supposed to have preceded stratification and exploitation in human history....
    , according to Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
  • Primitive Baptist
    Primitive Baptist

    Primitive Baptists are a group of Baptists that have a historical connection to the missionary / anti-missionary controversy that divided Baptists of America in the early part of the 19th century....
    , have an historical connection to an early 19th century controversy
  • Primitive (biology)
    Primitive (biology)

    Primitive is a descriptive term often used in the field of evolution to describe particular species or Trait that are characteristic of an older evolutionary scale of development relative to more recent developments....
    , characteristic of an early stage of development or evolution, cf. basal


In mathematics:
  • Primitive (geometry), the simplest kinds of figures
  • Primitive element (field theory)
  • Primitive element (finite field)
    Primitive element (finite field)

    In field theory , a branch of mathematics, a primitive element of a finite field GF is a generating set of a group of the group of units of the field, which is necessarily cyclic group....
  • Primitive cell
    Primitive cell

    In geometry, solid state physics and mineralogy, particularly in describing crystal structure, a primitive cell, is a minimum cell corresponding to a single lattice point of a structure with translational symmetry in 2D, 3D, or other dimensions....
     (crystallography)
  • Primitive polynomial
    Primitive polynomial

    In field theory , a branch of mathematics, a primitive polynomial is the minimal polynomial of a primitive element of the finite field extension field GF....
    , one of two concepts
  • Primitive function or Antiderivative
    Antiderivative

    In calculus, an antiderivative, primitive or indefinite integralof a function f is a function F whose derivative is equal to f, i.e., F ′ = f....
    , F′ = f


In computer science:
  • Language primitive
    Language primitive

    In computing, language primitives are the simplest elements available in a programming language. It can be defined as the smallest 'unit of processing' available to a programmer of a particular computer....
    , the simplest element provided by a programming language
  • Machine code
    Machine code

    Machine code or machine language is a system of instructions and data executed directly by a computer's central processing unit. Machine code may be regarded as a primitive programming language or as the lowest-level representation of a compiled and/or assembly language computer program....
    , instructions and data directly understandable by a CPU
  • Primitive type
    Primitive type

    In computer science, primitive type can refer to either of the following concepts:* a basic type is a data type provided by a programming language as a basic building block....
    , a datatype provided by a programming language
  • Primitive (geometry), the simplest kinds of figures in computer graphics
  • Cryptographic primitives
    Cryptographic primitive

    Cryptographic primitives are well-established, low-level cryptography algorithms that are frequently used to build computer security systems. These routines include, but are not limited to, one-way hash functions and ciphers....
    , low-level cryptographic algorithms frequently used to build computer security systems


In art and entertainment:
  • Naïve art
    Naïve art

    Na?ve art is characterized by a childlike simplicity. It is a gross oversimplification to assume that Na?ve art is created by people with little or no formal art training....
    , created by untrained artists
  • Neo-primitivism
    Neo-primitivism

    Neo-primitivism was a Russian art movement which took its name from the book Neo-primitivizm , by Aleksandr Shevchenko. In the book Shevchenko proposes a new style of modern painting which fuses elements of C?zanne, Cubism and futurism with traditional Russian 'folk art' conventions and motifs, notably the russian icon and the lubok....
    , looks to early human history, folk art and non-Western or children's art for inspiration
  • Primitive (song)
    Primitive (song)

    Primitive, a song written and performed by singer Cyndi Lauper, appeared on her third album A Night to Remember . Lyrically it describes the physical reaction the body has to sexual tension or physical attraction to someone: "My heart starts pounding like a fist/I see you there and I just can't resist/You make me tremble like a jellyfish...
    , by Cyndi Lauper
  • Primitive (song)
    Primitive (song)

    Primitive, a song written and performed by singer Cyndi Lauper, appeared on her third album A Night to Remember . Lyrically it describes the physical reaction the body has to sexual tension or physical attraction to someone: "My heart starts pounding like a fist/I see you there and I just can't resist/You make me tremble like a jellyfish...
    , by The Groupies and covered by The Cramps
  • The Primitives
    The Primitives

    The Primitives were a United Kingdom alternative rock band from Coventry formed in 1985 by Keiron McDermott , PJ Court , Steve Dullaghan and Pete Tweedie ....
    , a British indie rock band
  • Primitive (album)
    Primitive (album)

    Primitive is the second Long play by the Heavy metal music band Soulfly released in 2000 in music through Roadrunner Records. Primitive has sold over 226,569 copies....
    , by Soulfly
  • Primitive Radio Gods
    Primitive Radio Gods

    Primitive Radio Gods are an United States alternative rock band from Southern California. Current members consist of frontman Chris O'Connor , who performs vocals, guitar, and bass guitar; percussionist Tim Lauterio; and Luke McAuliffe, who contributes various additional instrumentation as well as much of the art that has appeared on the ban...
    , an American alternative rock band
  • Primitivism
    Primitivism

    Primitivism , or more accurately, "soft primitivism" -- the opinion that life was better or more moral during the early stages of mankind or among primitive peoples and has deteriorated with civilization -- is a response to the perennial question of whether the development of complex civilization and technology has benefited or harmed mankin...
    , an early 20th century art movement