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Meaning of "primitivist" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PRIMITIVIST

primitivist  [ˈprɪmɪtɪˌvɪst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRIMITIVIST

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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Primitivist is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PRIMITIVIST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

primitivist

Primitivism

Primitivism is a Western art movement that borrows visual forms from non-Western or prehistoric peoples, such as Paul Gauguin's inclusion of Tahitian motifs in paintings and ceramics. Borrowings from primitive art has been important to the development of modern art. The term "primitivism" is often applied to other professional painters working in the style of naïve or folk art like Henri Rousseau, Mikhail Larionov, Paul Klee and others.

Definition of primitivist in the English dictionary

The definition of primitivist in the dictionary is a person who holds the belief that the value of primitive cultures is superior to that of the modern world. Other definition of primitivist is a person who upholds the principles, characteristics, etc, of primitive art.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PRIMITIVIST


activist
ˈæktɪvɪst
archivist
ˈɑːkɪvɪst
atavist
ˈætəvɪst
Bolshevist
ˈbɒlʃəvɪst
collectivist
kəˈlɛktɪvɪst
comparativist
kəmˈpærətɪˌvɪst
constructivist
kənˈstrʌktɪvɪst
exclusivist
ɪkˈskluːsɪvɪst
Fauvist
ˈfəʊvɪst
hacktivist
ˈhæktɪvɪst
harvest
ˈhɑːvɪst
nativist
ˈneɪtɪvɪst
objectivist
əbˈdʒektɪvɪst
positivist
ˈpɒzɪtɪvɪst
postharvest
ˌpəʊstˈhɑːvɪst
preharvest
priːˈhɑːvɪst
recidivist
rɪˈsɪdɪvɪst
relativist
ˈrelətɪvɪst
reservist
rɪˈzɜːvɪst
subjectivist
səbˈdʒɛktɪˌvɪst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PRIMITIVIST

primi
primigenial
primigravida
primigravidae
primine
priming
primipara
primiparae
primiparity
primiparous
primitial
primitive
primitive dicotyledon
primitive Indo-European
primitively
primitiveness
primitivism
primitivistic
primitivity

WORDS THAT END LIKE PRIMITIVIST

conclavist
descriptivist
destructivist
detectivist
human rights activist
Jahvist
Jehovist
lactivist
Lagerkvist
logical positivist
Menshevist
naivist
negativist
nonobjectivist
ovist
passivist
peace activist
perspectivist
prescriptivist
progressivist

Synonyms and antonyms of primitivist in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «primitivist» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PRIMITIVIST

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The translations of primitivist from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «primitivist» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

原始主义
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

primitivista
570 millions of speakers

English

primitivist
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

primitivist
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

primitivist
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

примитивистом
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

primitivista
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পুরোনো
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

primitiviste
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Primitivist
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

primitivistische
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

プリミ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

primitivist
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Primitivist
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

primitivist
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

primitivist
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्राइमिटिविस्ट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

primitivist
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

primitivista
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prymitywistyczny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

примітивістом
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

primitivist
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πρωτογονιστικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Primitivist
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

primitivistiska
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

primitivisme
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of primitivist

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PRIMITIVIST»

The term «primitivist» is normally little used and occupies the 132.815 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PRIMITIVIST» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about primitivist

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRIMITIVIST»

Discover the use of primitivist in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to primitivist and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Prehistories of the Future: The Primitivist Project and the ...
Illustrated with 98 photographs and drawings. "This is an unusually rich, subtle, and rewarding collection that brings varied approaches to a crucial topic in modern cultural history. . .
Elazar Barkan, Ronald Bush, 1995
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The Neo-primitivist Turn: Critical Reflections on Alterity, ...
Li focuses on the works of theorists like Jean Baudrillard, Jean-François Lyotard, Marianna Torgovnick, Marshall Sahlins, and Jürgen Habermas in order to demonstrate that primitivism continues to be a powerful presence even in those works ...
Victor Li, 2006
3
Primitivist Modernism : Black Culture and the Origins of ...
This book explores a rich cultural hybridity at the heart of transatlantic modernism.
Sieglinde Lemke Assistant Professor of American Studies Free University of Berlin, 1998
4
Primitivist Piety: The Ecclesiology of the Early Plymouth ...
The book is structured chronologically, with a focus on writings produced during the late 1830s through the early 1840s and writings that focus on that time period.
James Patrick Callahan, 1996
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To Live Ancient Lives: The Primitivist Dimension in Puritanism
It provides the first comprehensive study of Puritan primitivism, defined as the drive to recover and return to church and society the ordinances of biblical times. This work tra
Theodore Dwight Bozeman, 1988
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The Primitivist Theory of Truth
Moore objected to his earlier primitivist theory because he thought that it was committed to the existence of propositions, and Moore was suspicious of the existence of false propositions. The early Moore conceived of true propositions as being ...
Jamin Asay, 2013
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Primitivist Modernism: Black Culture and the Origins of ...
"The first full exploration of the truly complex inter-relation among African, African American, and Euro-American cultures in the era of high modernism. [Lemke] deftly explores the role of primitivism in the shaping of cubism, jazz, and ...
Sieglinde Lemke, 1998
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Media Worlds: Anthropology on New Terrain
Visual. Media. and. the. Primitivist. Perplex. Colonial. Fantasies,. Indigenous. Imagination,. and. Advocacy. in. North. America. Harald E. L. Prins Striking images of tawny humans collaged with soaring eagles or some other form of wildlife, ...
Faye D. Ginsburg, Lila Abu-Lughod, Brian Larkin, 2002
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The Jim Crow Encyclopedia: Greenwood Milestones in African ...
The primitivist aesthetic was popular in a number of art worlds in the early decades of the twentieth century. Artists and critics became fascinated with the folk art of exotic, "uncivilized" cultures. The artist Pablo Picasso was inspired by African ...
Nikki L. M. Brown, Barry M. Stentiford, 2008
10
Prosthetic Gods
Such ambivalence is more intense in primitivist painting, perhaps because the primitive was associated more directly with the unconscious and the infantile. ( The Near East could not be denied civilizational status in the same way, while the  ...
Hal Foster, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRIMITIVIST»

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Do not miss your chance to see Pirosmani's painting back to …
Pirosmani worked uniquely within the Primitivist style but was mostly unrecognized during his lifetime. Living in poverty he mostly created his ... «Agenda.ge, Jul 15»
2
Piasa Announces Major Sale of American and Brazilian Designers …
Judy Kensley McKie, a primitivist designer inspired by indigenous pre-Colombian African and Amerindian crafts, is represented by a pair of ... «BLOUIN ARTINFO, Jul 15»
3
Freemasons in America
“Freemasonry's quest for primeval truth”—like primitivist Christian groups and Mormons—“joining together disparate political and religious ... «First Things, Jul 15»
4
Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá Presents 'Oswaldo Vigas 1943 …
In the 1990s, Vigas furthered developed his primitivist style with a focus on central figures from his personal mythology including demons, ... «Robb Report, Jul 15»
5
40 Years On: Hawkwind's Warrior On The Edge Of Time Revisited
Though this isn't to say Hawkwind's movement away from their primitivist beginnings was an intrinsically bad thing. Warrior On The Edge Of ... «The Quietus, Jun 15»
6
Meg Baird - Don't Weigh Down The Light
... toured with the late Bert Jansch; worked with the likes of Kurt Vile, American Primitivist Glenn Jones and singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten; ... «musicOMH.com, Jun 15»
7
Free jazz pioneer Ornette Coleman dead at 85
Unfortunately, Coleman's primitivist music eventually degenerated into a kind of primal scream. There are moments on Ornette at 12 (1968), ... «World Socialist Web Site, Jun 15»
8
Sophie Kennedy Clark travels to the dark side of cinema
Think Peter Strickland's genre-bending film The Duke Of Burgundy. Think French Primitivist painter Henri Rousseau. Think Alice In Wonderland ... «Herald Scotland, Jun 15»
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In the Pre-Apocalypse, Vacation Homes Are the First to Go
But Dirty Fred (Justin Rice) and Bruho (Leo Fitzpatrick) aren't urban farmers or primitivist dumpster-divers: They break into empty vacation ... «The New Republic, Jun 15»
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Thin sales indicate slump in Russian market
Christie's top lot was Arsenal Hill at Night by the Georgian primitivist painter Niko Pirosmani (1863-1918). It sold on low estimate at £800,000 to ... «antiquestradegazette.com, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Primitivist [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/primitivist>. May 2024 ».
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