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Primitive may refer to:

• Primitive element (field theory)
• Primitive element (finite field)
• Primitive cell (crystallography)
• Primitive notion, axiomatic systems
• Primitive polynomial (disambiguation), one of two concepts
• Primitive function or antiderivative,F′ =f
• Primitive permutation group
• Primitive root of unity; SeeRoot of unity
• Primitive triangle, aninteger triangle whose sides have no common prime factor

• Primitive (phylogenetics), characteristic of an early stage of development or evolution
• Primitive equations, a set of nonlinear differential equations that are used to approximate atmospheric flow
• Primitive change, a general term encompassing a number of basic molecular alterations in the course of achemical reaction

• Cryptographic primitives, low-level cryptographic algorithms frequently used to build computer security systems
• Geometric primitive, the simplest kinds of figures in computer graphics
• Language primitive, the simplest element provided by a programming language
• Primitive data type, a datatype provided by a programming language

• Naïve art, created by untrained artists
• Neo-primitivism, an early 20th-century Russian art movement that looks to early human history, folk art and non-Western or children's art for inspiration
• Primitivism, an early 20th-century art movement that looks to early human history, folk art and non-Western or children's art for inspiration
• Primitive decorating, a style of decorating using primitive folk art style that is characteristic of a historic or early Americana time period
• Primitive, a novel byJ. F. Gonzalez

• The Primitives, a British indie rock band

• Primitive (Neil Diamond album), by Neil Diamond 1984
• Primitive (Soulfly album), by Soulfly 2000

• "Primitive", by Accept from the 1996 albumPredator
• "Primitive", byThe Groupies, later covered by The Cramps on the 1981 albumPsychedelic Jungle
• "Primitive", by Killing Joke from the 1980 albumKilling Joke
• "Primitive", by Cyndi Lauper fromA Night to Remember
• "Primitive", by Annie Lennox from the 1992 albumDiva
• "Primitive", by Róisín Murphy from the 2007 albumOverpowered

• Primitive Church, another name forearly Christianity
• Restorationism, also described as Christian primitivism, is the belief that Christianity should be restored along the lines of what is known about the apostolic early church
• Primitive Baptist, a religious movement seeking to retain or restore early Christian practices
• Primitive Methodism

• Primitive (philately)
• Anarcho-primitivism, an anarchist critique of the origins and progress of civilization
• Noble savage, a particular stock character in literature, i.e., a person uncorrupted by the influences of civilization
• Pre-industrial society
• Primitive communism, a pre-agrarian form of communism according toKarl Marx andFriedrich Engels
• Primitive Culture, an 1871 book byEdward Burnett Tylor.
• Primitive Skateboarding, a company located in Los Angeles

• Primeval (disambiguation)
• Primitive Man (disambiguation)
• Primordial (disambiguation)

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