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Primitive communism — is: [] ), and referring to the collective right to basic resources, egalitarianism in social relationships, and absence of authoritarian rule and hierarchy that is supposed to have preceded stratification and exploitation in human history. Both… … Wikipedia
primitive culture — Introduction in the lexicon of early anthropologists, any of numerous societies characterized by features that may include lack of a written language, relative isolation, small population, relatively simple social institutions and… … Universalium
Primitive culture — In older anthropology texts and discussions, a primitive culture is one that lacks major signs of economic development or modernity. For instance, it might lack a written language or advanced technology and have a limited and isolated population … Wikipedia
primitive — [[t]prɪ̱mɪtɪv[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Primitive means belonging to a society in which people live in a very simple way, usually without industries or a writing system. ...studies of primitive societies. ...primitive tribes. 2) ADJ GRADED… … English dictionary
Primitive Baptist — Primitive Baptists (also known as Old School Baptists) are a group of Baptists that have a historical connection to the missionary / anti missionary controversy that divided Baptists of America in the early part of the 19th century. Those… … Wikipedia
Primitive Baptist — (esp. in the Southern U.S.) one belonging to a highly conservative, loosely organized Baptist group, characterized by extreme fundamentalism and by opposition to missionary work, Sunday Schools, and the use of musical instruments in church. [1850 … Universalium
Primitive Methodism — methodismPrimitive Methodism was a major movement in English Methodism from about 1810 until the Methodist Union in 1932. The Primitive Methodist Church still exists in the United States. OriginsPrimitive Methodism was born in Staffordshire in… … Wikipedia
Primitive Methodist Church — The Primitive Methodist Church is a body of evangelical Christians within the Methodist denomination, which began in England in the early 1800s, with the influence of American evangelist Lorenzo Dow (1777–1834).In Great BritainThe leaders who… … Wikipedia
primitive — /ˈprɪmətɪv / (say primuhtiv) adjective 1. being the first or earliest of the kind or in existence, especially in an early age of the world: primitive forms of life. 2. early in the history of the world or of humankind. 3. characteristic of early… …
primitive society — A term used to refer both to the earliest societies and to recent examples with simple technology. It fell into disfavour as a description of any society of recent centuries, since none are relics of an earlier evolutionary stage, and each has… … Dictionary of sociology
