Primitiveness

Cubic primitive unit cell.

Primitivity ( Latin : primitivus "the first of its kind") is a term for particular simplicity . In a social context, primitive stands for a perceived lack of civilization , or, in relation to a person, for low intelligence .

In biology , especially in developmental biology , paleontology and paleoanthropology , the term primitive is used for anatomical features in a value-neutral way in the sense of original , primal and old (see plesiomorphism ), i.e. as a contrast to - also described as value-neutral - novel , progressive features derived from the original state (see apomorphism ). Often the pair of opposites “primitive” / “derived” can also be understood in the sense of “simple” / “complex” (multi-layered).

The mathematics recognizes the following meanings:

• The primitive -th roots of unity are exactly the zeros of the -th circle division polynomial . ${\displaystyle n}$ ${\displaystyle n}$
• A generating element of a simple body expansion is called the primitive element of the expansion body, for example the imaginary unit is the primitive element of the simple body expansion . ${\displaystyle i}$ ${\displaystyle \mathbb {C} :\mathbb {R} }$
• A generating element of the multiplicative , cyclic group of a finite field is called a primitive element of the field, see also primitive root . ${\displaystyle F^{*}}$ ${\displaystyle F}$
• The primitive-recursive functions are formed from simple basic functions through composition and (primitive) recursion and play an important role in recursion theory .

In computer science , elementary data types with a fixed number of values ​​and a fixed upper and lower limit are also called primitive data types .

In the Crystallography be unit cells , in which the base vectors are selected so that the grid formed by them is identical with the crystal lattice, referred to as "primitive".

In the past, those indigenous peoples and ethnic groups were referred to as "primitive" who have no script and only simple technology and who have an original and nature-loving culture and religion , mostly with mainly agriculture or cattle breeding (see evolutionism and multilinear evolution ).

See also

• Primitivism
• Primitivism (art)

Wiktionary: primitive  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Duden editors: primitive. Bibliographisches Institut , Berlin 2013, accessed on September 19, 2013: "[...] originally [...] very simple, plain, simple [...] (derogatory) a low intellectual, cultural level [...]".
2. ↑ Gabriele Rasuly-Paleczek: Introduction to the Forms of Social Organization (Part 1/5). ( Memento of October 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Institute for Cultural and Social Anthropology, University of Vienna, 2011, p. 9, accessed on September 19, 2013 (PDF; 1 MB): “The core area of ​​ethnology was initially non-European societies, the so-called "primitive" or "scriptless peoples", whose social system was regarded as primarily shaped by kinship. In addition, according to the opinion of the time, these societies, in contrast to industrial societies, were so-called »closed societies«. "