natural realism

American  

noun

1. naive realism.

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Other Word Forms

• natural realist
  noun

Example Sentences

We don’t come to a Raimi film for its natural realism.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026

Is this personality or maturity or a natural realism?

From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2021

There is a natural realism which says, 'Can there be a word devoid of meaning, or an idea which is an idea of nothing?'

From Parmenides by Jowett, Benjamin

Radical empiricism has, in fact, more affinities with natural realism than with the views of Berkeley or of Mill, and this can be easily shown.

From Essays in Radical Empiricism by James, William

Such is Aristotle’s natural realism, pervading his metaphysical and physical writings.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various