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Primitive describes something lacking in sophistication, or not advanced, or bare-bones condition or instincts that resemble animal-instincts and don't require thought. (adjective)

An example of primitive is a society that has not yet developed or industrialized.
An example of primitive is a cabin in the woods as your sleeping accommodations.
An example of primitive is the urge to eat or use the bathroom.

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(prĭmˈĭ-tĭv)

adjective

Not derived from something else; primary or basic.
a. Of or relating to an earliest or original stage or state; primeval.
b. Being little evolved from an early ancestral type.
Characterized by simplicity or crudity; unsophisticated: primitive weapons. See Synonyms at rude.
Anthropology Of or relating to a nonindustrial, often tribal culture, especially one that is characterized by a low level of economic complexity: primitive societies.
Linguistics
a. Serving as the basis for derived or inflected forms: Pick is the primitive word from which picket is derived.
b. Being a protolanguage: primitive Germanic.
Relating or belonging to forces of nature; elemental: primitive passions.
a. Of or created by an artist without formal training; simple or naive in style.
b. Of or relating to the work of an artist from a nonindustrial, often tribal culture, especially a culture that is characterized by a low level of economic complexity.
Of or relating to late medieval or pre-Renaissance European painters or sculptors.
Biology Occurring in or characteristic of an early stage of development or evolution.

noun

Anthropology A person belonging to a nonindustrial, often tribal society, especially a society characterized by a low level of economic complexity.
An unsophisticated person.
One that is at a low or early stage of development.
a. One belonging to an early stage in the development of an artistic trend, especially a painter of the pre-Renaissance period.
b. An artist having or affecting a simple, direct, unschooled style, as of painting.
c. A self-taught artist.
d. A work of art created by a primitive artist.
Linguistics
a. A word or word element from which another word is derived by morphological or historical processes or from which inflected forms are derived.
b. A basic and indivisible unit of linguistic analysis. Also called prime.
Mathematics An algebraic or geometric expression from which another expression is derived.
Computer Science A basic or fundamental unit of machine instruction or translation.