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Definition of Natural state
1. Noun. A wild primitive state untouched by civilization. "They collected mushrooms in the wild"
Generic synonyms: State
Specialized synonyms: Crudeness, Crudity, Primitiveness, Primitivism, Rudeness
Derivative terms: Wild, Wild
Lexicographical Neighbors of Natural State
Literary usage of Natural state
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Philosophy of Natural History: With an Introduction and Various by William Smellie, John Ware (1851)
"... in any of tiie spots which remain In the natural state, they retain their
natural color and appearance The same is the case with inferior animals, ..."
2. The Works of Thomas Reid, D.D., Now Fully Collected, with Selections from by Thomas Reid, William Hamilton, Dugald Stewart (1863)
"If one should say that the state of infancy is a more natural state than that of
... What period of this progress shall we call man's natural state ? ..."
3. The Contemporary Review (1878)
"Our natural state is that in which we now live ; the present state is to each
race of men, if not to every one man, the natural state ; the state attained ..."
4. A Text-Book in the History of Education by Paul Monroe (1905)
"DOCTRINE OF THE "natural state." —In 1749, coming by chance across the theme for
a prize essay propounded by the Dijon Academy, — one of the institutions ..."
5. A Text-book in the History of Education by Paul Monroe (1905)
"DOCTRINE OF THE "natural state." —In 1749, coming by chance across the theme for
a prize essay propounded by the Dijon Academy, — one of the institutions ..."
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