Synonyms for primal

Grammar : Adj

Spell : prahy-muh l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpraɪ məl

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Définition of primal

Origin : c.1600, "belonging to the earliest age," from Medieval Latin primalis "primary," from Latin primus "first" (see prime (adj.)). Psychological sense, in reference to Freud's theory of behaviors springing from the earliest stage of emotional development, is attested from 1918. Primal scream is from a best-selling book of 1971.

adj primeval; primary

Example sentences :

The primal impulse of vice and sin is a short cut to happiness.
Extract from : « The Call of the Twentieth Century » by David Starr Jordan

She trusted all the primal instincts without knowing she trusted them.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

And that must mean that Laotsze was that very same Yellow Ancient of primal days.
Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various

We see, then, that the primal ground of inferiority in these pleasures 5.
Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume II (of V) » by John Ruskin

The primal laws do not take into account our ideas of respectability.
Extract from : « Sex=The Unknown Quantity » by Ali Nomad

The higher order can come only by getting back to primal laws.
Extract from : « Sex=The Unknown Quantity » by Ali Nomad

Good or bad, a man must be a man in the primal sense, dominant, savage and enduring.
Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service

The hatchet, the saw, and the plane are the three primal implements of the carpenter.
Extract from : « Carpentry for Boys » by J. S. Zerbe

Have you seen the primal dew ere the sun has lipped the pearl?
Extract from : « The Young Duke » by Benjamin Disraeli

The mass of men live not by logic, but by primal instincts and passions.
Extract from : « The Negro and the Nation » by George S. Merriam

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