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Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th
primitive
prim·i·tive (prĭmʹĭ-tĭv)adj. 1. Not derived from something else; primary or basic. 2. a. Of or relating to an earliest or original stage or state; primeval. b. Being little evolved from an early ancestral type. 3. Characterized by simplicity or crudity; unsophisticated: primitive weapons. See Synonyms at rude. 4. Anthropology. Of or relating to a nonindustrial, often tribal culture, especially one that is characterized by a low level of economic complexity: primitive societies. 5. Linguistics. a. Serving as the basis for derived or inflected forms: Pick is the primitive word from which picket is derived. b. Being a protolanguage: primitive Germanic. 6. Mathematics. An algebraic or geometric expression from which another expression is derived. 7. Relating or belonging to forces of nature; elemental: primitive passions. 8. a. Of or created by an artist without formal training; simple or naive in style. b. Of or relating to the work of an artist from a nonindustrial, often tribal culture, especially a culture that is characterized by a low level of economic complexity. 9. Of or relating to late medieval or pre-Renaissance European painters or sculptors. 10. Biology. Occurring in or characteristic of an early stage of development or evolution.n. 1. Anthropology. A person belonging to a nonindustrial, often tribal society, especially a society characterized by a low level of economic complexity. 2. An unsophisticated person. 3. One that is at a low or early stage of development. 4. a. One belonging to an early stage in the development of an artistic trend, especially a painter of the pre-Renaissance period. b. An artist having or affecting a simple, direct, unschooled style, as of painting. c. A self-taught artist. d. A work of art created by a primitive artist. 5. Linguistics. a. A word or word element from which another word is derived by morphological or historical processes or from which inflected forms are derived. b. A basic and indivisible unit of linguistic analysis. Also called prime. 6. Computer Science. A basic or fundamental unit of machine instruction or translation. [Middle English, from Old French primitif, primitive, from Latin prīmitīvus, from prīmitus, at first, from prīmus, first. See per1 in Indo-European Roots.] primʹi·tive·ly adv.primʹi·tive·ness or prim'i·tivʹi·ty n.
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