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

Relativism and scepticism have been perenially associated, but relativism is not a nihilistic, but a deeply realistic philosophy; it is just the sceptic's natural realism.

From The Will to Doubt An essay in philosophy for the general thinker by Lloyd, Alfred H.