Primitive

Primitivism is the condition or quality of being primitive. Primitivism can refer to any philosophy which seeks to return to their roots, such as Muslims and Christians who seek to return to the first few centuries of Islam or Christianity. The Amish are a particularly obvious example of this, and the primitive baptist church is another.

Related Topics:
Muslim - Christian - Islam - Christianity - Amish - Primitive baptist church

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Primitive can also refer to indigenous people, their often animist religions, and the concept of the Noble savage. This usage is often seen as politically incorrect.

Related Topics:
Indigenous people - Animist - Noble savage - Politically incorrect

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There are also various political or theoretical concepts regarding the primitive condition, or its advocation. Primitive communism postulates a pre-agrarian form of communism. Anarcho-primitivism advocates a return to a primitive condition. Luddites had a related philosophy.

Related Topics:
Primitive communism - Agrarian - Communism - Anarcho-primitivism - Luddites

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The word primitive can also refer to:

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• for the art movement, see primitive art and primitivism (art)
• for the anarchist philosophy, see Anarcho-primitivism
• for the communist concept, see primitive communism
• for the baptist church, see primitive baptist
• primitive (biology)
• primitive (computer science)
• primitive (geometry)
• primitive (linguistics)
• primitive (ontology)
• Primitive, a song by Cyndi Lauper
• for the band, see The Primitives
• Primitivism
• In the branch of field theory of mathematics, primitive can refer to:
• primitive element
• primitive polynomial
• an antiderivative