Usually means: Idealization of simple, pre-industrial life.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word primitivism:

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  1. primitivism: Merriam-Webster
  2. primitivism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. primitivism: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. primitivism: Collins English Dictionary
  5. primitivism: Vocabulary.com
  6. Primitivism, primitivism: Wordnik
  7. primitivism: Wiktionary
  8. primitivism: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. primitivism: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. primitivism: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. primitivism: Dictionary.com
  12. Primitivism (art), Primitivism (disambiguation), Primitivism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. primitivism: Rhymezone
  14. primitivism: FreeDictionary.org
  15. primitivism: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  16. primitivism: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. primitivism: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Primitivism (art), Primitivism (art movement), primitivism: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (primitivism)

noun:  The state or quality of being primitive.
noun:  The opinion that life was better or more moral among primitive peoples, or among children, and has deteriorated with civilization.
noun:  Any of a group of related styles in the arts, influenced by a belief in the superiority of primitive forms.

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