Definition of "primal" []

• Being first in time; original; primeval. (adjective)
• Of first importance; primary. (adjective)

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• "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."
• "But here we may be questioned about these numbers which we describe as the primal and authentic:"
• "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."