Sentences with phrase «as primitive»

The client who has been abused will be able to resolve the trauma in such a way that it will not be used as a primitive defense mechanism (i.e., as a projective identification with the aggressor).

In the post-leak samples, this file copy operation is padded to 6 MB — most likely as a primitive detection evasion technique,» Kafka wrote.

«Everywhere astral (environmental) hippiness as primitive as Australopithecus panders to some dead - head's wishes, next we'll be back burning witches.»

Yet the fashionable desire for off - grid living supposes that it is more rewarding, or more «ethical» — to live as primitive, isolated an existence as possible.

To leave it as a primitive (one sense of «basic,» BTW) may have been better.

As I will propose soon one prototype (which theoretically renders current wind renewables as primitive).

William H. Johnson was an artist who made use of as primitive style of painting to depict the experience of African - Americans during the 1930s and»40s.

Rather, says Reynolds - Kaye, «they rejected the idea of them as primitive and saw a real kinship with these ancient artists.»

His techniques are basic — wavy lines suggest water, thinly applied washes suggest sky, and a horizon line serves as a primitive indicator of space.

Along the way they helped transform ceramics» reputation as a strictly traditional, craft - based medium — often regarded as primitive, or assigned to the realm of folk art — into a sophisticated form capable of complex expression.

Bourgeois met her husband Robert Goldwater, an American art historian noted for his pioneering work in the field then referred to as primitive art, in 1938 at Bourgeois's print store.

Similarly, much as Pollock and the rest, she looked for inspiration to what they considered — or imagined — as primitive art that turns on the West, but as one more discovery in a thoroughly urban art world.

He was impressed by the Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity) movement in Germany as well as the primitive Flemish and German painters.

Here the rocky sculpture mimics ancient cultural artifacts or products of the Earth's motion, as jagged and crusty as a primitive tool or cooled lava.

The exhibition, presented in collaboration with the Fondazione Lucio Fontana, brilliantly displays Fontana's extraordinary body of work from 1899 to 1968, including pivotal categories such as primitive and abstract sculptures, drawings, polychrome ceramics, Spatialist works, punctured canvases, Art Informel works, installations, Tagli (cuts), Nature, Fine di Dio, Olii, Venezie, Metalli, and Teatrini.

And for a case in point, consider an artist who first exhibited as a primitive and, six years later, left New York without once looking back.

It seemed, too, to write off other cultures as primitive.

Inspired by the clay tablet's function as a primitive bearer, she negotiates the physical and metaphysical appearance of the tablets and the performative aspects of marking or inscribing.

I find Metroid 2 almost as primitive.

The world of Albion has grown, certain small areas are now larger cities and there's been a spur in weapon advancement as primitive guns are now available.

These days, kids with a PS4 probably can't imagine playing something as primitive as Missile Command.

Economically the entire island struggles and the village lifestyle borders on being described as primitive.

It is important to note that as a primitive breed, the Akbash is naturally aggressive since it is meant to stand up to flock predators, this is why a dominant and experienced owner is required.

As primitive as it is, it's the first wave of a much bigger change.

It sees old practices not as evolved but as primitive.

The girls see most men on campus as primitive (and horribly smelly) and thus, outside of Charlie and Francis, the guys are morons.

Welsh - Introduction, Location, Language, Folklore, Religion, Major holidays, Rites of passage Tajikistan to Zimbabwe The history of the Welsh language spans over 1400 years, encompassing the stages of the language known as Primitive Welsh, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh, and

And, as primitive humans did for the first 2.5 million years of their time on earth, we do not engage in practices such as counting calories, limiting fat or saturated fat.

Soothe your grumpy mind - set Psychologists believe that we're wired to react more strongly to crummy happenings than pleasant ones — that on - the - edge feeling lingers as a primitive form of self - protection.

The last common ancestor of all animals, some 600 million years old, was not as primitive as most experts have assumed...

The level of hairiness of the Neanderthals was unknown so, «as the primitive men ofAustraliahave several Neanderthaloid characters, including heavy brow ridges, it was decided to follow their hirsute type.»

One school holds that as well as being bipedal they retained considerable climbing ability (McHenry, 1986, 1992, 1994; Stern & Susman, 1991; Duncan et al., 1994; Berger & Tobias, 1996; Berge, 1998; Macchiarelli et al., 1999); the other sees the powerful arms and funnel - shaped thorax as primitive retentions, and argue that australopithecines were obligate terrestrial bipeds (White & Suwa, 1987; Lovejoy, 1988; Latimer, 1991; Tuttle et al., 1991; Gebo, 1996; Ohman et al., 1997).

To do so, they started with a human embryonic stem cell line, which they chemically nudged to become cells that form what's known as the primitive streak on the hollow ball of cells of the early embryo.

«Yet, the survival of all animals — including humans — strongly depends on our ability to perform simple movements since the moment of birth, such as primitive reflexes essential for feeding.»

The skull shows a new mix of features not seen before in fossil humans — it has traits that link it to Neandertals, such as a fused brow ridge, as well as some primitive traits that resemble other extinct fossils in Europe.

If so, the Kuiper Belt objects might not be as primitive as astronomers thought, says Dale Cruikshank of NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California.

That may just explain why no one from Tau Ceti has ever contacted beings as primitive as us.

The middle ear evolved as primitive fish (top) became more advanced (bottom): The spiracle enlarged as the proportions of other bones (yellow, blue) changed.

«These can act as a primitive membrane — one of the conditions necessary for life.»

The newly discovered human cells, named «cord - blood - derived embryonic - like stem cells» or CBEs, are not quite as primitive as embryonic stem cells, which can give rise to any tissue type of the body.

And it shared some features with other dinosaurs, such as primitive plant - eating sauropodomorphs and a particularly bizarre group of long - necked, vegetarian theropods known as therizinosaurs.

In 2012, she and postdoctoral fellow Prashant Mali teamed up on CRISPR - Cas9, a molecular complex that bacteria use as a primitive immune system; other scientists had recently gotten it to cut specific locations on DNA floating in test tubes.

In the fourth century B.C., Aristotle argued that lunar eclipses provided strong evidence that the Earth was itself a sphere (not flat as some primitive philosophers had believed).

Most likely, just as primitive, if they even recognize them as a form of communications at all.

It's okay to throw something at him when he refers to your sudden letdown as a primitive animal reflex.

Some thought of breastfeeding as primitive.

He's a virtuoso at toe - to - toe brawling, a gruesome art as primitive as cave painting.

The boxed booze trend is gaining momentum as Primitive Beer, a side project launched by staff at Lafayette - based brewer Odd13, plans to launch a range of Iambic - style sour beers in 1.5 - litre capacity bag - in - box.

If it is merely seen as primitive or negative, if it is neglected in catechesis, then the effects are incalculable.

If it is merely seen as primitive or negative, if it is neglected in...