primitivism

About 0.37 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The state or quality of being primitive.
2. noun The opinion that life was better or more moral among primitive peoples, or among children, and has deteriorated with civilization.
3. noun Any of a group of related styles in the arts, influenced by a belief in the superiority of primitive forms.

Similar words

primitiveness crudeness crudity rudeness primitivity primevalness imprimitivity primevality primordiality rudimentariness

Often followed by

and in of is that was to as which

Word family

primitivisms primitivist primitivistic primitivists