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primitivize

primitivize verb: to make primitive; to reduce to a primitive state.

Verb

primitivize (third-person singular simple present primitivizes, present participle primitivizing, simple past and past participle primitivized)

  1. (transitive) To make primitive; to reduce to a primitive state.

Forms of primitivize

third-person singular presentprimitivizes
present participleprimitivizing
past participleprimitivized
pastprimitivized

Origin of primitivize

From primitive + -ize.

Words formed from primitivize

Questions about primitivize

What does primitivize mean?
Primitivize means to make primitive; to reduce to a primitive state.
What part of speech is primitivize?
Primitivize is a verb.
What is the past tense of primitivize?
The past tense of primitivize is primitivized.

Words near primitivize in the dictionary

  1. primitivists
  2. primitivities
  3. primitivity
  4. primitivization
  5. primitivizations
  6. primitivize
  7. primitivized
  8. primitivizes
  9. primitivizing
  10. primitivo
  11. primity

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