belonging to a very simple society with no industry, etc.

belonging to an early stage in the development of humans or animals

very simple and old-fashioned, especially when something is also not convenient and comfortable

The methods of communication used during the war were primitive by today's standards.

The facilities on the campsite were very primitive.

Transport remained very primitive.

very strong and not based on reason, as if from the earliest period of human life

an artist of the period before the Renaissance; an example of work from this period

an artist who paints in a very simple style like a child; an example of the work of such an artist

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