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primitive
adjective as in ancient, original
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adjective as in uncivilized or crude
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That is the word limit in the primitive email system with which Hallam is hooked up to the rest of the world.
Lanne’s skull was sought to prove since-discredited theories about Tasmanian Aboriginal people - that they were the missing link between humans and Neanderthals, a distinct race so primitive they didn’t even know how to make fire.
The kind of low-level gaze-following they engage in is mediated by subcortical structures of the brain–those more “primitive” parts also found in mammals and fish.
Premier League teams have become better at scoring goals, but they have been of a 'worse' quality, at least judged by the primitive thrill of a ball well-whacked.
The underlying assumption is that Black people as a group are stupid, dumb, unintelligent, inherently childlike and primitive, possess “bad culture” and in other ways are inferior to white people.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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