The act of reducing something to a primitive state, allowing development, or regressing to an immature state.

plural of primitivization

The state or quality of being primitive. / The opinion that life was better or more moral among primitive peoples, or among children, and has deteriorated with civilization.

plural of primitivism

present participle of primitivize

simple past tense and past participle of primitivize

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

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of primitivize

An anarchist philosophy that criticizes civilization and advocates for a return to primitive ways of life instead of agriculture, industry, and urbanization.