Meaning

7 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A state of nature; conformity to nature.

    натурали́змnaturalízm

  2. (countable, uncountable)The doctrine that denies a supernatural agency in the miracles and revelations recorded in religious texts and in spiritual influences.

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

  3. (countable, uncountable)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.

  4. (countable, uncountable)A doctrine which denies a strong separation between scientific and philosophic methodologies and/or topics

  5. (countable, uncountable)A movement in theatre, film, and literature that seeks to replicate a believable everyday reality, as opposed to such movements as romanticism, surrealism, or abstract art, in which subjects may receive highly symbolic or idealistic treatment.

  6. (countable, nonstandard, uncountable)Naturism, nudism, social nudity.

  7. (countable, uncountable)The belief in natural law.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. There's the tradition of naturalism.

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
a state of nature; conformity to nature:

Origin

From natural + -ism. Compare French naturalisme.

From natural + -ism. Compare French naturalisme.

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Forms

plural: naturalisms
Singularnaturalism
Pluralnaturalisms

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description:realism

Word family

9 related words

See also

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