Synonyms for primal
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : prahy-muh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpraɪ məl |
Top 10 synonyms for primal Other synonyms for the word primal
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
- 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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