All 3 Uses
primordial
in
Into the Wild
(Edited)
- The dominant primordial beast was strong in Buck, and under the fierce conditions of trail life it grew and grew.
p. 38.1 *primordial = early and essential aspect of something (from before civilization)
- All Hail the Dominant Primordial Beast!
p. 38.4primordial = relating to the early and essential aspects of something (from before civilization)
- London's fervent condemnation of capitalist society, his glorification of the primordial world, his championing of the great unwashed, all of it mirrored McCandless's passions.
p. 44.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(primordial) having existed from the beginning or from ancient times
or:
a primary or fundamental aspect of something - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)