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primitiveness

NOUN

austerity

Synonyms

STRONG

baldness bareness economy plainness rusticism severity simplicity spareness starkness

WEAK

dourness spartanism unadornment

Antonyms

WEAK

blandness calmness elaborateness extravagance gentility indulgence luxuriousness meekness mildness spending

NOUN

simplicity

Synonyms

STRONGEST

candor clarity directness integrity modesty purity restraint unity

STRONG

chastity clearness ease easiness homogeneity ingenuousness innocence monotony naturalness obviousness openness plainness severity singleness straightforwardness uniformity

WEAK

classicality clean lines elementariness guilelessness lack of adornment naïveté sophistication artlessness

Antonyms

WEAK

complexity complication difficultness difficulty

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Adds Fagen, "I think people who are sophisticated in the sense that they want to hear some substance in the lyrics are musically going to tend to be primitivists . . . "

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2017

On the left, technological optimists were replaced by Rousseauian romantic primitivists.

From Salon • Jan. 18, 2011

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