Associations to the word «Primitivism»

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

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley