primitivism

The condition or quality of being primitive.

The style characteristic of a primitive artist.

A belief that it is best to live simply and in a natural environment.

A belief that the acquisitions of civilization are evil or that the earliest period of human history was the best.

The state or quality of being primitive

The opinion that life was better or more moral among primitive peoples, or among children, and has deteriorated with civilization

Any of a group of related styles in the arts, influenced by a belief in the superiority of primitive forms

a genre characteristic of (or imitative of) primitive artists or children

a wild or unrefined state