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   el·e·men·tal

   /ˌeləˈmen(t)l/

   adjective

   • 1. primary or basic: "elemental features from which all other structures are compounded" Similar basicprimaryprincipalfundamentalessentialelementaryradicalrootunderlyingrudimentaryprimitiveprimordial
   • ▪ concerned with chemical elements or other basic components: "elemental analysis"
   • ▪ consisting of a single chemical element: "elemental sulfur"
   • 2. related to or embodying the powers of nature: "a thunderstorm is the inevitable outcome of battling elemental forces" Similar naturalatmosphericmeteorologicalenvironmental
   • ▪ (of an emotion) having the primitive and inescapable character of a force of nature: "the urge for revenge was too elemental to be ignored" Similar basicprimaryprincipalfundamentalessentialelementaryradicalrootunderlyingrudimentaryprimitiveprimordial

   noun

   • 1. a supernatural entity or force thought to be physically manifested by occult means: "gods and elementals looked out upon the worshipers"

   Word Origin late 15th century: from medieval Latin elementalis, from elementum ‘principle, rudiment’ (see element).

   Derivatives

   • 1. elementalism noun
   • 2. elementally adverb

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