primitivism vs genre

primitivism and genre both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
primitivism	Yes	No	No	No
genre	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, genre is a hypernym of primitivism; that is, genre is a word with a broader meaning than primitivism:

primitivism: a genre characteristic of (or imitative of) primitive artists or children
genre: a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique

primitivism (noun)	genre (noun)
a genre characteristic of (or imitative of) primitive artists or children	a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique
a wild or unrefined state	a kind of literary or artistic work
	a style of expressing yourself in writing