primitivist adjective 1noun 1forms 3 adjective1 •Exhibiting or practicing primitivism, the advocacy of primitive over refined forms[…] they developed a sound that mixed the menace of rockabilly’s primitivist fringe with dark psychedelia and the blunt simplicity of punk. — 2009 noun1 •A proponent of primitivism. formsprimitivists · more primitivist · most primitivist