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primitivismo

Portuguese, noun/pɾi.mi.t͡ʃiˈviz.mu/

primitivismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “primitiveness (quality or state of being primitive)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does primitivismo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineprimitiveness (quality or state of being primitive)

  2. 2

    masculineprimitivism (the belief that life is better or more moral among primitive peoples)

  3. 3

    masculineprimitivism (the use of elements borrowed from the art of primitive peoples)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of primitivismo

  • primitivismos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce primitivismo?

  • Brazil /pɾi.mi.t͡ʃiˈviz.mu/
  • /pɾi.mi.t͡ʃiˈviʒ.mu/
  • Portugal /pɾi.mi.tiˈviʒ.mu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to primitivismo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is primitivismo in Portuguese?

primitivismo appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).