primal scream

noun

1. a scream uttered by a person undergoing primal therapy.

Word History and Origins

Origin of primal scream¹

An Americanism dating back to 1970–75

Example Sentences

For a strange hour, one could digest Sunday brunch, laugh, cry, reflect, bop along to the music, quietly listen or let it all out in a deafening collective primal scream.

From Los Angeles Times

In the midst of all this, a movie about innocent people being killed indiscriminately with lumber machinery functioned as a kind of primal scream.

From Slate

There was no primal scream, no exaggerated fist pump, and very little outward emotion from the Dodgers’ newest pitcher.

From Los Angeles Times

She lives in Newquay in Cornwall, but grew up in London where she was surrounded by rock 'n' roll, with a mum who worked at Creation Records, the label of Oasis and Primal Scream.

From BBC

And another neighbor said with a shrug in his voice, “Who knows who’s been on primal scream therapy or tripping on some drug?”

From Los Angeles Times