Concept cluster: Positive qualities > First or earliest
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From or in the earliest known times.
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(medicine) The incidence rate of a particular disease in a population if that population had a standard age structure.
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back to fundamental principles
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(non-native speakers' English) Basic.
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That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
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Alternative spelling of coöriginal [(philosophy) Existing together ab initio; equiprimordial.]
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(obsolete) congenital
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Alternative spelling of coöriginal [(philosophy) Existing together ab initio; equiprimordial.]
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(philosophy) Existing together ab initio; equiprimordial.
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Basic, fundamental or elementary.
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Obsolete form of elementary. [Relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something.]
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Instruction in the elements or first principles.
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(rare) The primitial abilitude pervading someone or something from which the rousing of an epoch stems.
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(philosophy) Existing together as equally fundamental ab initio; coöriginal.
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The state of being equiprimordial
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(manner) In a way that is equiprimordial.
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The quality of being first; originality; priority
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Of or pertaining to the formation and subsequent growth of something.
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Essential, as an element, principle, or law; important; original; elementary.
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A beginning, or first stage.
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A state of nascency; a quality of incipience.
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Chronologically first, early; of or pertaining to the beginning, cause or origin.
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Elementary; rudimentary.
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Containing the first principles or doctrines; rudimentary.
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(by extension) primeval; of obscure antiquity
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(rare) primitive, original
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(heraldry) Most ancient.
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(law) The quality of being prima facie.
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The property of being primable.
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Alternative spelling of primeval [Belonging to the first ages.]
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Alternative spelling of primevality [The quality of being primeval.]
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Alternative form of primevally [In a primeval manner; in or from the earliest times; originally.]
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Alternative spelling of primevalness [The quality of being primeval.]
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Being the first in time or in history.
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(psychoanalysis) In Freudian theory, the first time a child witnesses (and understands) its parents copulating.
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in a primal manner
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The quality or state of being primary, or first in time, act, or intention.
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(geology) Earliest formed; fundamental.
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(rare) A primate.
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(ecclesiastical) Of or pertaining to a primate.
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Obsolete spelling of primitive [Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first.]
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(rare) The quality of being a prime number; primeness.
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The quality or state of being first.
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Primary; original.
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The quality of being primeval.
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The quality of being primeval.
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(obsolete) primeval
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First of all; firstborn; primary; original.
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Alternative form of primigenous [First formed or generated; original; primigenial.]
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First formed or generated; original; primigenial.
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(rare) Being of the first production; primitive; original.
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Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first.
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(obsolete) Quality of being first; primitiveness.
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First born, made, or generated; original; primary; elemental.
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Relating to primogeniture.
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(obsolete) primogeniture
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first, earliest or original
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Devotion to, or persistence in, conditions of the primordial state.
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The quality of being primordial.
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(archaic) primordial
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(chiefly philosophy, theology) The prime mover or first cause (“an initial cause from which all other causes and effects follow”).
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Alternative spelling of primeval [Belonging to the first ages.]
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Obsolete spelling of primevality [The quality of being primeval.]
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(obsolete) An essential point or rule; a principle.
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The quality of being principal.
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(archaic) first principles; elementary material
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(obsolete) elementary
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Relating to principles or beginnings.
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(archaic) analysis into primary or elemental parts
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A source, or origin; that from which anything proceeds; fundamental substance or energy; primordial substance; ultimate element, or cause.
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Based on, having, or manifesting principles
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primitive
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(obsolete) pristine; primitive
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Primitive, pertaining to the earliest state of something.
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A first or primitive type
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A primal or primordial race; an ur-race
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(rare) primitive
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primogenial
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(obsolete, anatomy) Synonym of primordium
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(often in the plural) A fundamental principle or skill, especially in a field of learning.
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Of or relating to one or more rudiments.
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Highly influential, especially in some original way, and providing a basis for future development or research.
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(law) A last resort.
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Early, original, or foundational science
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basis, foundation, primary principle, cause, or factor; a primal cause or ultimate cosmic principle

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