Meaning

4 senses
  1. A person who believes in or advocates the tenets of philosophical or methodological naturalism.

    Naturalist, Naturalistin

  2. An expert in natural history or the study of plants and animals.

    Naturforscher, Naturforscherin

    натурали́стnaturalíst, натурали́сткаnaturalístka

    a biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology)

  3. A creative artist who attempts to faithfully represent nature; an adherent of artistic naturalism.

  4. (obsolete)A natural philosopher; a scientist.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. The naturalists began to focus their attention on the diversity of species.

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  2. Amateur naturalists begin their bee hunts by noting the time of day and location they are photographing.

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  3. John Muir was a famous naturalist who founded the Sierra Club.

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  4. Contrary to stereotype, not every whale is big. That's according to our onboard naturalist.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
person who studies nature or natural history:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
person who advocates philosophical naturalism:
person who studies nature or natural history:

Origin

From natural + -ist. Piecewise doublet of naturalista.

From natural + -ist. Piecewise doublet of naturalista.

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Forms

plural: naturalists
Singularnaturalist
Pluralnaturalists

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology):natural scientist

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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