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Definition of Naturalism

1. Noun. (philosophy) the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms without recourse to spiritual or supernatural explanations.

2. Noun. An artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description.

Definition of Naturalism

1. n. A state of nature; conformity to nature.

2. n. The theory that art or literature should conform to nature; realism; also, the quality, rendering, or expression of art or literature executed according to this theory.

Definition of Naturalism

1. Noun. A state of nature; conformity to nature. ¹

2. Noun. ''Metaphaphoric:'' The doctrine that denies a supernatural agency in the miracles and revelations recorded in the Bible, and in spiritual influences ¹

3. Noun. (philosophy) Any system of philosophy which refers the phenomena of nature as a blind force or forces acting necessarily or according to fixed laws, excluding origination or direction by a will. ¹

4. Noun. (philosophy) A doctrine which denies a strong separation between scientific and philosophic methodologies and/or topics ¹

5. Noun. (arts) A movement in theatre, film, and literature that seeks to replicate a believable everyday reality, as opposed to such movements as Romanticism or Surrealism, in which subjects may receive highly symbolic, idealistic, or even supernatural treatment. ¹

6. Noun. naturism, social nudity. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Naturalism

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Medical Definition of Naturalism

1. 1. A state of nature; conformity to nature. 2. The doctrine of those who deny a supernatural agency in the miracles and revelations recorded in the Bible, and in spiritual influences; also, any system of philosophy which refers the phenomena of nature to a blind force or forces acting necessarily or according to fixed laws, excluding origination or direction by one intelligent will. Origin: Cf. F. Naturalisme. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Naturalism

natural spring natural state natural theology natural transformation natural unit natural units natural user interface natural user interfaces natural virtue naturalisation

naturalisations naturalise naturalised naturalises naturalising naturalism (current term) naturalisms naturalist naturalistic naturalistic fallacy

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Literary usage of Naturalism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Orthodoxy: Its Truths and Errors by James Freeman Clarke (1918)
"Xo wonder that naturalism should come to do what the Church has left undone — to find its ... Against this, naturalism comes as a great and needed protest, ..."

2. Art in France by Louis Hourticq (1911)
"CHAPTER III naturalism Architecture in Towns: the Transformation of Paris. ... From naturalism to Impressionism.—Impressionism in Landscape, Decoration and ..."

3. The Radical (1866)
"So far as I understand the intellectual position of those whom the Radical aims to represent, it is one of sheer naturalism, making the relation between man ..."

4. The Six Days of Creation: Or, The Scriptural Cosmology, with the Ancient by Tayler Lewis (1855)
"... OR naturalism OF- SCIENCE WITH ITS ONE FIRST CAUSE.—THE RELIGIOUS OR SUPERNATURAL naturalism.—Six DIVINE ACTS OR BEGINNINGS RECORDED IN GENESIS. ..."

5. Infidelity: Its, Aspects, Causes, and Agencies: Being the Prize Essay of the by Thomas Pearson (1854)
"THE DENIAL OF THE DIVINE PROVIDENTIAL GOVERNMENT, OR naturalism. Distinctive characteristic of naturalism—Denounces every idea of Divine interposition—Not ..."

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