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单词 unnaturalism
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unnaturalismn.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈnatʃ(ə)rəlɪz(ə)m/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈnatʃ(ə)rl̩ɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌənˈnætʃ(ə)rəˌlɪz(ə)m/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: unnatural adj., -ism suffix.
Etymology: < unnatural adj. + -ism suffix.
Belief in, or representation of, the unnatural.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [noun] > condition of being abnormal or unnatural
unkindnessc1390
unnaturalness?a1425
monstrosity1639
prodigiousness1649
preternaturality1666
preternaturalness1695
abnormity1724
unnaturalism1754
unnaturality1819
non-naturality1827
preternaturalism1834
non-naturalness1878
1754 W. Warburton View Bolingbroke's Philos.: Lett. 1st & 2nd ii. 67 Which, however, they were ready to distinguish..from the Unnaturalism (if we may so term it) of ranker Atheism.
1840 T. Gordon tr. W. Menzel German Lit. I. 35 The writings of [our nation]..have a tinge of supernaturalism or unnaturalism; something strange, ghost-like, and ill-suited for this world.
1889 Harper's Mag. Nov. 963/1 French naturalism is better at its worst than French unnaturalism at its best.
1963 Stud. Eng. Lit. 1500–1900 3 582 He had no aptitude for an ethic that preached irrationalism, unnaturalism, and atavism.
2000 D. Chakrabarty Provincializing Europe vi. 154 Realism meant the avoidance of both the supernatural and the divine as well as the unnaturalism of ancient Indian tales.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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