The state or quality of being primitive. / The opinion that life was better or more moral among primitive peoples, or among children, and has deteriorated with civilization.

plural of primitivism

The act of reducing something to a primitive state, allowing development, or regressing to an immature state.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of primitivize

plural of primitivization

simple past tense and past participle of primitivize

(transitive) To make primitive; to reduce to a primitive state.

present participle of primitivize

An anarchist philosophy that criticizes civilization and advocates for a return to primitive ways of life instead of agriculture, industry, and urbanization.