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Autochthonous vs Primitive - What's the difference?

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Autochthonous is a related term of primitive.


As adjectives the difference between autochthonous and primitive

is that autochthonous is native to the place where found; indigenous while primitive is of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first.

As a noun primitive is

an original or primary word; a word not derived from another, as opposed to (derivative).

autochthonous

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Native to the place where found; indigenous.
  • * 1889 , Justin Winsor, Narrative and Critical History of America , Vol. I, page 375:
    • Two of the most celebrated of the evolutionists reject the autochthonous view, for Darwin's Descent of Man'' and Haeckel's ''Hist. of Creation consider the American man an emigrant from the old world, whatever way the race may have developed
  • * {{quote-book, year= 1983
    • , year_published= , author= (Isaac Asimov) , by= , title= (The Robots of Dawn) , url= , original= , chapter= 22 , section= , isbn= 0-553-29949-2 , edition= , publisher= Bantam Books , location= , editor= , volume= , page= 116 , passage= Only human beings could live on this world and know that they were not autochthonous but had stemmed from Earthmen—and yet did the Spacers really know it or did they simply put it out of their mind? }}
  • (biology, medicine) Originating where found; found where it originates.
  • * 1983 , Journal of the Medical Society of New Jersey , volume 80, page 538:
    • When, in 1858, Joseph Lister amputated the right leg of a six-year-old girl suffering from gangrene, he noted that the autochthonous blood clot extended down the anterior tibial artery as far as the commencement of the gangrene.
  • (geology) Buried in place, especially of a fossil preserved in its life position without disturbance or disarticulation.
  • * 1992 , Anna K. Behrensmeyer, et al., Terrestrial Ecosystems Through Time , page 83:
    • Death and burial may be simultaneous, resulting in a preserved snapshot of an autochthonous assemblage that may be compared directly with present day ecosystems.

    Synonyms

    * (native to the place where found) aboriginal, autochthonic, indigenous, native

    Antonyms

    * (sense) allochthonous

    Derived terms

    * autochthonously * parautochthonous

    Related terms

    * autochthon * autochthonal * autochthonic * autochthonism * autochthony

    primitive

    English

    (wikipedia primitive)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An original or primary word; a word not derived from another, as opposed to (derivative).
  • A member of a primitive society.
  • A simple-minded person.
  • (computing, programming) A data type that is built into the programming language, as opposed to more complex structures.
  • A basic geometric shape from which more complex shapes can be constructed.
  • (mathematics) A function whose derivative is a given function; an antiderivative.

    • Related terms

    * multiprimitive * prime

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first.
  • Of or pertaining to or harking back to a former time; old-fashioned; characterized by simplicity.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
    • , chapter=4 citation , passage=By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.}}
  • (rfc-sense) Crude, obsolete.
  • (grammar) Original; primary; radical; not derived.
  • (biology) Occurring in or characteristic of an early stage of development or evolution.

    • Derived terms

    * primitiveness

    Synonyms

    * backwards