primitivisme
French, noun\pʁi.mi.ti.vism\
primitivisme is spelled P-R-I-M-I-T-I-V-I-S-M-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 110,748th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Primitivisme is a French masculine noun meaning “primitivism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Doctrine selon laquelle la vie chez les peuples primitifs ou dans l'enfance était meilleure et que la…”.
What does primitivisme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprimitivism
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Doctrine selon laquelle la vie chez les peuples primitifs ou dans l'enfance était meilleure et que la civilisation ne peut que la détériorer. 2. Mouvement artistique, principalement pictural, qui prône le retour aux formes primitives, simples, naïves. 3. État d'esprit semblable à celui des peuplades primitives, à qui il manque un certain parcours intellectuel.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of primitivisme
- primitivismes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce primitivisme?
- \pʁi.mi.ti.vism\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to primitivisme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is primitivisme in French?
primitivisme appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).