English noun: primitivism | |||
1. | primitivism (state) a wild or unrefined state | ||
Synonyms | crudeness, crudity, primitiveness, rudeness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | natural state, state of nature, wild | ||
2. | primitivism (artifact) a genre characteristic of (or imitative of) primitive artists or children | ||
Broader (hypernym) | genre | ||