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You see, what is my purpose of performance artist is to stage certain difficulties and stage the fear the primordial fear of pain, of dying, all of which we have in our lives, and then stage them in front of audience and go through them and tell the audience, 'I'm your mirror; if I can do this in my life, you can do it in yours.'
Marina Abramovic

Meaning of "primordial" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PRIMORDIAL

From Late Latin prīmōrdiālis original, from Latin prīmus first + ōrdīrī to begin.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PRIMORDIAL

primordial  [praɪˈmɔːdɪəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRIMORDIAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Primordial can act as a noun and an adjective.
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.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PRIMORDIAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of primordial in the English dictionary

The first definition of primordial in the dictionary is existing at or from the beginning; earliest; primeval. Other definition of primordial is constituting an origin; fundamental. Primordial is also of or relating to an early stage of development.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PRIMORDIAL


audial
ˈɔːdɪəl
concordial
kɒnˈkɔːdɪəl
cordial
ˈkɔːdɪəl
endocardial
ˌɛndəʊˈkɑːdɪəl
epicardial
ˌɛpɪˈkɑːdɪəl
epicedial
ˌɛpɪˈsiːdɪəl
exordial
ɛkˈsɔːdɪəl
intermedial
ˌɪntəˈmiːdɪəl
medial
ˈmiːdɪəl
myocardial
ˌmaɪəʊˈkɑːdɪəl
pericardial
ˌperɪˈkɑːdɪəl
praecordial
priːˈkɔːdɪəl
praedial
ˈpriːdɪəl
precordial
priːˈkɔːdɪəl
predial
ˈpriːdɪəl
remedial
rɪˈmiːdɪəl
soredial
səˈriːdɪəl
stapedial
stæˈpiːdɪəl
uncordial
ʌnˈkɔːdɪəl
ventromedial
ˌventrəʊˈmiːdɪəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PRIMORDIAL

primo
Primo de Rivera
primogenial
primogenit
primogenital
primogenitary
primogenitive
primogenitor
primogenitrices
primogenitrix
primogeniture
primordia
primordialism
primordiality
primordially
primordium
primp
primrose
primrose path
primrose yellow

WORDS THAT END LIKE PRIMORDIAL

allodial
chlamydial
clostridial
conidial
custodial
dial
intracardial
lime cordial
mondial
monopodial
noncustodial
plasmodial
postprandial
prandial
prosodial
radial
redial
speed dial
speed-dial
sundial

Synonyms and antonyms of primordial in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PRIMORDIAL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «primordial» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of primordial

Translation of «primordial» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PRIMORDIAL

Find out the translation of primordial to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of primordial from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «primordial» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

原始
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

primordial
570 millions of speakers

English

primordial
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मौलिक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بدائية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

изначальная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

primordial
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আদিম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

primordial
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Primordial
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ur-
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

原初の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

원시
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Primordial
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ban sơ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆதியிலிருந்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मूळसूचक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ilkel
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

primordiale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pierwotny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

споконвічна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

primordial
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αρχέγονη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

primordiale
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

primordial
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

primordial
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of primordial

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PRIMORDIAL»

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «PRIMORDIAL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word primordial.
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Marina Abramovic
You see, what is my purpose of performance artist is to stage certain difficulties and stage the fear the primordial fear of pain, of dying, all of which we have in our lives, and then stage them in front of audience and go through them and tell the audience, 'I'm your mirror; if I can do this in my life, you can do it in yours.'
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Laurie Anderson
I have written a lot about snakes. There's something pretty primordial about it.
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Alberto Giacometti
In every work of art the subject is primordial, whether the artist knows it or not. The measure of the formal qualities is only a sign of the measure of the artist's obsession with his subject; the form is always in proportion to the obsession.
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Brian Greene
String theory has the potential to show that all of the wondrous happenings in the universe - from the frantic dance of subatomic quarks to the stately waltz of orbiting binary stars; from the primordial fireball of the big bang to the majestic swirl of heavenly galaxies - are reflections of one, grand physical principle, one master equation.
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Alex Grey
I use a lot of different words for God - infinite intelligence, primordial, perfection or universal creativity. All of these, to me, are God. And 'God' is a word, I think, that some people feel uncomfortable with, so they can use another word, you know? It's the great mystery.
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Ezra Miller
Doing things like playing music, something that's so natural and basic to human function, running around in nature, eating delicious food. These things are intrinsic in basic, primordial to human beings, so that's sort of a way to return to a blank canvas, allowing my true personality to return.
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Jeremy Northam
The Jungian view of drama would be that it affects all of our imaginations and somehow taps into our hidden, ancient, primordial memories.
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David Novak
As a traditional Jew, I have benefited personally from the hospitality of Chabad Hasidim on many occasions, and I marvel at how many Jews Chabad has brought back to their primordial home.
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Alex Shoumatoff
Elephants are not human, of course. They are something much more ancient and primordial, living on a different plane of existence. Long before we arrived on the scene, they worked out a way of being in the world that has not fundamentally changed and is sustainable, and not predatory or destructive.
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Jill Tarter
We, all of us, are what happens when a primordial mixture of hydrogen and helium evolves for so long that it begins to ask where it came from.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRIMORDIAL»

Discover the use of primordial in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to primordial and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Primordial Density Perturbation: Cosmology, Inflation ...
The origin and evolution of the primordial perturbation is key to understanding structure formation in the earliest stages of the Universe.
David H. Lyth, Andrew R. Liddle, 2009
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Primordial Psyche: A Reliving of the Soul of Ancestors: A ...
PMPrimordial Psyche (iUniverse 2011) introduces innovative perspectives to personality disorders and their connection with the unconscious phenomena,tribal rituals in pre-ancestral religions,magical thinking and animistic thought as well as ...
Diego Pignatelli Spinazzola, 2011
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Primordial Cosmology
This book provides an extensive survey of all the physics necessary to understand the current developments in the field of fundamental cosmology, as well as an overview of the observational data and methods.
Patrick Peter, Jean-Philippe Uzan, 2013
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Primordial Cosmology
This book traces clearly the backward temporal evolution of the Universe, starting with the Robertson–Walker geometry and ending with the recent results of loop quantum cosmology in view of the Big Bounce.
‎2011
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Everyday Consciousness and Primordial Awareness
This book provides the fundamental underpinnings necessary for understanding the Buddhist approach to psychology and personal transformation.
Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, Khenchen Thrangu (Rinpoche), 2007
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The primordial universe - L'univers primordial: 28 June - 23 ...
This book reviews the interconnection of cosmology and particle physics over the last decade.
P. Binetruy, R. Schaeffer, J. Silk, 2007
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Primordial (Special Investigations Agency)
Special Investigations Agency - Primordial By Denise A AgnewSome forces are too primal to contain.Some attractions are too hazardous to acknowledge.When archaeologist Keira Jessop and her grandfather are accused of stealing an artifact with ...
Denise A. Agnew, 2004
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Scientific and primordial knowing
This book is an investigation into the Western philosophical tradition to determine the balance struck between the knowing of science, and a more personal, intuitive, preconceptual or primordial knowing.
Terry J. Tekippe, 1996
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Primordial Truth and Postmodern Theology
Proposes religious philosophies to succeed the waning worldview of modernity.
David Ray Griffin, 1989
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Primordial Landscapes, Incorruptible Bodies: Desert ...
As the first monk in the desert, Antony became an early Christian superstar, eclipsing his many ascetic predecessors.
Dag Øistein Endsjø, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRIMORDIAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term primordial is used in the context of the following news items.
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A Small Galaxy Gives Birth to a Surprising Number of Stars
Galaxies like NGC 1140 — small, starbursting and containing large amounts of primordial gas with way fewer elements heavier than hydrogen ... «io9, Jul 15»
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ARK: Survival Evolved and the evolution of survival games
The survival game has climbed out of the primordial soup and after some tough times skittering around between rock pools the population has ... «New Statesman, Jul 15»
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Why the tribalism label is so hypocritical
... "How to write about Africa", in which he says terms that come in handy "are words such as 'Guerrillas', 'Timeless', 'Primordial' and 'Tribal'.". «BDlive, Jul 15»
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Angelo Codevilla's Take on Trump
Donald Trump leapt atop other contenders for the Republican presidential nomination when he acted on the primordial fact in American public ... «RushLimbaugh.com, Jul 15»
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Free Speech Vs. The Internet's Garbage: Why Reddit Needs To Be …
... to a four million–strong, largely young male audience, you essentially create a primordial stew for racists, sexists, homophobes, and Nazis. «Junkee, Jul 15»
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Cellular 'Cheaters' Give Rise to Cancer
As the primordial cells mutated and evolved, ruthlessly competing for nutrients, some stumbled upon a different course. They cooperated ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
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Hiding in plain sight: Undergraduates discover the densest galaxies …
... merged stellar super-clusters, or genuine compact dwarf galaxies formed in the smallest peaks of primordial dark matter fluctuations? «Phys.Org, Jul 15»
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Milloy: Despite Climate Alarmism, Polar Ice Refuses to Go Away
Primordial climate hysteric James Hansen last week rushed to publication a study predicting that catastrophic polar ice melt, raising sea level ... «Breitbart News, Jul 15»
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Towards local governance
Primordial instincts of caste, creed, tribe and biradri are so pronounced that it only requires a minor trigger for these layers to burst at the seams ... «The Express Tribune, Jul 15»
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LHC Restarts after Two Years of Shutdown
These collisions are mini-versions of the primordial blast known as the big bang that brought the universe into being 13.8 billion years ago, they ... «West Texas News, Jul 15»

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