Primal

Word PRIMAL
Character 6
Hyphenation pri mal
Pronunciations /ˈpɹaɪməl/

Definitions and meanings of "Primal"

What do we mean by primal?

Being first in time; original; primeval. adjective

Of first importance; primary. adjective

Primary; first in time, order, or importance; original; primitive.

capitalized In geology, the earliest of H. D. Rogers's divisions of the Paleozoic series of Pennsylvania, equivalent to the Potsdam sandstone of the New York Survey.

In natural history, specifically, of or pertaining to the kingdom Primalia.

First; primary; original; chief. adjective

Being the first in time, or history. adjective

Being of greatest importance; primary. adjective

Serving as an essential component adjective

Having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state adjective

A primal cut (of meat).

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The word "primal" in example sentences

I like using the term primal scream in advocating the end of homelessness, because it instills a sense of desperation in an economic system that is sadly spewing out homelessness in cities around the world. ❋ Joel John Roberts (2011)

But here we may be questioned about these numbers which we describe as the primal and authentic: ❋ Plotinus (1952)

She could comprehend certain primal and analogous characteristics in a hungry wolf-dog or a starving man, and predicate lines of action to be pursued by either under like conditions. ❋ Unknown (2010)

There's a mental picture for you - Ahmadinejad in primal scream therapy with Lindsay Lohan. paschendale191 … ❋ Unknown (2008)

Humans have twin primal urges: to fear change for themselves yet want it for others. ❋ Unknown (2004)

She hadn't told me any of that, but apparently, my intuition was spot on because at that point Joanne curled up in a ball and started sobbing uncontrollably and nearly dry heaving in what I can best describe as primal agony. ❋ M.D. Mark Goulston (2011)

So that when we come to look at liberalism in a critical spirit, we have to expect that there will be a discrepancy between what I have called the primal imagination of liberalism and its present particular imagination. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In the last years, the death of argument within the Republican Party -- the attempted enforcement of orthodoxy, defined as a primal form of loyalty to presidential will -- has cost it and the country dearly. ❋ Unknown (2008)

This poetic rumination draws a more nuanced conception of women's rights into an idea that might be described as the primal theme of Godard's 60s work: the mutual destruction that exists between men and women, especially in love. ❋ Ed Howard (2008)

Perhaps the pain of clowns is a little more primal, which is one good reason for people who work in comedy to give clowns a pass. ❋ Ann Althouse (2007)

Abiding not in imbalance are called primal matter; ❋ Shantideva (2004)

The object of the ideal of reason -- an object existing only in reason itself -- is also termed the primal being (ens originarium); as having no existence superior to him, the supreme being (ens summum); and as being the condition of all other beings, which rank under it, the being of all beings (ens entium). ❋ Immanuel Kant (1764)

There's an unadorned elegance to the best of Cash's work that recalls the primal artistry of the great blues artists. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The scenery was what I can only describe as primal - the plains leading up to the foothills were completely barren and scoured with steep gullies where seasonal rains ran into the rivers. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I let out a gutteral yell that can only be described as primal and my fists are clenched to the point where you'd think I was trying to make the knuckles pop out. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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