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modern primitives

modern primitives is the plural of modern primitive.

Meaning of modern primitive

Noun

modern primitive (plural modern primitives)

  1. A person in a developed nation who engages in body modification rituals and practices while making reference or homage to the rite of passage practices in "primitive cultures".

Questions about modern primitives

What is modern primitives the plural of?
Modern primitives is the plural of modern primitive.

Words near modern primitives in the dictionary

  1. modern pentathlons
  2. modern period
  3. modern physics
  4. Modern Portuguese
  5. modern primitive
  6. modern primitives
  7. modern ruin
  8. modern ruins
  9. Modern South Arabian
  10. Modern Standard Arabic
  11. modern studies

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