Primal

Primal may refer to:

Psychotherapy

 * Primal, the core concept in primal therapy, denotes the full reliving and cathartic release of an early traumatic experience
 * Primal scene (in psychoanalysis), refers to the witnessing by a young child of a sex act, usually between the parents, which traumatizes the child

Mathematics

 * Primal, an old mathematics term for a projective hypersurface
 * Primal problem, a component of the duality principle in mathematical optimization theory

Entertainment

 * "Primal" (Eureka episode), an episode of TV series Eureka
 * Primal (video game), an action video game for the PlayStation 2
 * Primal (TV series), a 2019 animated television series
 * Primal (2019 film), a 2019 film starring Nicolas Cage
 * Optimus Primal, a character in Transformers
 * The Lost Tribe (2010 film), a film whose Australian DVD was entitled Primal
 * Primal (2010 film), an Australian horror film directed by Josh Reed
 * Far Cry Primal, a 2016 video game

Other

 * Primal cut, several types of cuts of meat
 * Primal Pictures, the producer of 3D Interactive Anatomy Software