Associations to the word «Primitivism»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
PRIMITIVISM, noun. The state or quality of being primitive
PRIMITIVISM, noun. The opinion that life was better or more moral among primitive peoples, or among children, and has deteriorated with civilization
PRIMITIVISM, noun. Any of a group of related styles in the arts, influenced by a belief in the superiority of primitive forms
Dictionary definition
PRIMITIVISM, noun. A wild or unrefined state.
PRIMITIVISM, noun. A genre characteristic of (or imitative of) primitive artists or children.
Wise words
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.