back-to-natureadj.

Etymology: < back adv. 6 + to prep. + nature n.

Chiefly attributive. Designating a movement or enthusiast for reversion to a simpler way of life. Cf. return to nature n. at return n. Phrases 4.

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the world > action or operation > behaviour > way of life > [adjective] > simple way of life

back-to-nature1915

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1915 Univ. Oklahoman 29 Oct. 1/5 Some of the more advanced among the Frosch are holding out for ‘Back to Nature’ garb.

1931 W. Holtby Poor Caroline vi. 204 He was floundering..in..a Back to Nature Phase.

1945 H. Closs High are Mountains 177 All this reforming business..if they succeeded it would be so dull. Chivalry for the..‘back to nature’ enthusiasts.

1967 E. S. Turner Taking Cure xix. 264 Of all barefoot back-to-Nature cults, the most renowned was the one initiated by the Bavarian pastor, Father Sebastian Kneipp.

1978 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 126 201/1 Nor am I a doom-dodger or a back-to-nature boy.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	back-to-nature
释义	back-to-natureadj. Etymology: < back adv. 6 + to prep. + nature n. Chiefly attributive. Designating a movement or enthusiast for reversion to a simpler way of life. Cf. return to nature n. at return n. Phrases 4. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > way of life > [adjective] > simple way of life back-to-nature1915 slow1997 1915 Univ. Oklahoman 29 Oct. 1/5 Some of the more advanced among the Frosch are holding out for ‘Back to Nature’ garb. 1931 W. Holtby Poor Caroline vi. 204 He was floundering..in..a Back to Nature Phase. 1945 H. Closs High are Mountains 177 All this reforming business..if they succeeded it would be so dull. Chivalry for the..‘back to nature’ enthusiasts. 1967 E. S. Turner Taking Cure xix. 264 Of all barefoot back-to-Nature cults, the most renowned was the one initiated by the Bavarian pastor, Father Sebastian Kneipp. 1978 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 126 201/1 Nor am I a doom-dodger or a back-to-nature boy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < adj.1915
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