PRIMITIVISM

primitivism

(noun) a genre characteristic of (or imitative of) primitive artists or children

crudeness, crudity, primitiveness, primitivism, rudeness

(noun) a wild or unrefined state

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

primitivism (countable and uncountable, plural primitivisms)

The state or quality of being primitive.

The opinion that life was better or more moral among primitive peoples, or among children, and has deteriorated with civilization.

Any of a group of related styles in the arts, influenced by a belief in the superiority of primitive forms.

Source: Wiktionary



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FISSILE

(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”


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Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.

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