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Noun: primitivism  'pri-mi-ti,vi-zum
  1. A wild or unrefined state
    - crudeness, crudity, primitiveness, rudeness
     
  2. A genre characteristic of (or imitative of) primitive artists or children

Derived forms: primitivisms

Type of: genre, natural state, state of nature, wild

Encyclopedia: Primitivism

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