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elemental

[ el-uh-men-tl ]

adjective

  1. of the nature of an ultimate constituent; simple; uncompounded.
  2. pertaining to rudiments or first principles.
  3. starkly simple, primitive, or basic:

    a spare, elemental prose style; hate, lust, and other elemental emotions.

  4. pertaining to the agencies, forces, or phenomena of physical nature:

    elemental gods.

  5. comparable to the great forces of nature, as in power or magnitude:

    elemental grandeur.

  6. of, relating to, or of the nature of the four elements, earth, water, air, and fire, or of any one of them.
  7. pertaining to chemical elements.


elemental

/ ˌɛɪˈɛԳə /

adjective

  1. fundamental; basic; primal

    the elemental needs of man

  2. motivated by or symbolic of primitive and powerful natural forces or passions

    elemental rites of worship

  3. of or relating to earth, air, water, and fire considered as elements
  4. of or relating to atmospheric forces, esp wind, rain, and cold
  5. of, relating to, or denoting a chemical element
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. rare.
    a spirit or force that is said to appear in physical form
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌˈԳٲ, adverb
  • ˌˈԳٲˌ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • e·t· adverb
  • ԴDze··t adjective
  • ԴDze··t·ly adverb
  • Dze··t adjective
  • e··t adjective
  • ܲe··t adjective
  • ܲe··t·ly adverb
  • ٰԲe··t adjective
  • ܲe··t adjective
  • ܲe··t·ly adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of elemental1

From the Medieval Latin word 𳾱Գ, dating back to 1485–95. See element, -al 1
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One really important form of social attention is so elemental to human life that it is the necessary precondition to survive.

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Beyond politics, Torres thinks “I’m Still Here” has done so well around the world because audiences feel an elemental empathy for a mother and her children in distress.

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Nonetheless, the film’s visual sensibility was guided by elemental factors inherent to the scenes, which so often pivot around movement and physical contact.

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During the 2024 campaign and transition period, Trump and his cronies have broadcast their determination “to entrench within the machinery of the U.S. government… elemental disdain for intellectuals, analysts, and experts.”

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In the exhibition, a cycle of elemental return and fundamental waste unfolds in slides projected from an automated tray onto an ordinary freestanding screen.

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