Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

primitive notion

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.65 in modern English

Syllables: prim-i-tive no-tion
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A concept that cannot be defined in terms of other concepts.

Example Sentences

"In geometry, points and lines are primitive notions."
"We do not find the primitive notion of cause in the action of the will on our nervous and muscular organization, and much less in the force communicated by the muscles to external objects. A perfect paralysis of the muscles could not prevent the internal act of the will. The primitive notion of personal cause, to wit, our own will, becomes the type and condition of the notion of cause in general, and of external impersonal causes."

Inflected Forms

primitive notions (plural)

Synonyms

primitive concept

Questions

What does primitive notion mean?: A concept that cannot be defined in terms of other concepts.

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