naturalistic
Americanadjective
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pertaining to naturalists or natural history.
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pertaining to naturalism, especially in literature and art.
adjective
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of, imitating, or reproducing nature in effect or characteristics
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of or characteristic of naturalism, esp in art or literature
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of or relating to naturalists
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(of an ethical theory) permitting the inference of ethical judgments from statements of nonethical fact See Hume's law
Other Word Forms
- antinaturalistic adjective
- naturalistically adverb
- nonnaturalistic adjective
- unnaturalistic adjective
Etymology
Origin of naturalistic
Example Sentences
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Even the sound mix is brutally naturalistic, with the dialogue fighting to be heard over the whoosh of traffic in the exterior scenes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
Williams encouraged Inge to write, and Inge’s first major success, “Come Back, Little Sheba,” established his voice: naturalistic, elegiac, and psychologically incisive.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026
Enough can’t be said about Liu’s astonishing, naturalistic turn.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025
In additional experiments, mice ran freely on a wheel while viewing structured images or naturalistic movies at different contrast levels.
From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 2025
Its vocal ranges were operatic, its naturalistic acting style more like that of a play, its structure of spoken plot-carrying scenes interspersed with verse-chorus- designed songs akin to those in musicals.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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