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N0031800 (nā′chər)n.1. a. The material world and its phenomena: scientists analyzing nature.b. The forces and processes that produce and control these phenomena: the balance of nature.2. The world of living things and the outdoors: spent the day enjoying nature.3. A primitive state of existence, untouched and uninfluenced by civilization or social constraints: when people lived in a state of nature.4. The basic character or qualities of humanity: It is only human nature to worry about the future.5. The fundamental character or disposition of a person; temperament: a man of an irascible nature. See Synonyms at disposition.6. The set of inherent characteristics or properties that distinguish something: trying to determine the nature of a newly discovered phenomenon.7. A kind or sort: confidences of a personal nature.8. a. The processes and functions of the body, as in healing: The doctor decided not to do anything and let nature take its course.b. Heredity: behavior more influenced by nature than nurture.

[Middle English, essential properties of a thing, from Old French, from Latin nātūra, from nātus, past participle of nāscī, to be born; see genə- in Indo-European roots.]

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(ˈneɪtʃə) n1. the fundamental qualities of a person or thing; identity or essential character2. (often capital, esp when personified) the whole system of the existence, arrangement, forces, and events of all physical life that are not controlled by man3. (Biology) all natural phenomena and plant and animal life, as distinct from man and his creations4. a wild primitive state untouched by man or civilization5. natural unspoilt scenery or countryside6. disposition or temperament7. tendencies, desires, or instincts governing behaviour8. the normal biological needs or urges of the body9. sort; kind; character10. the real appearance of a person or thing: a painting very true to nature. 11. accepted standards of basic morality or behaviour12. (Biology) biology the complement of genetic material that partly determines the structure of an organism; genotype. Compare nurture³13. Irish sympathy and fondness for one's own people or native place: she is full of nature. 14. against nature unnatural or immoral15. by nature essentially or innately16. call of nature informal euphemistic or jocular the need to urinate or defecate17. from nature using natural models in drawing, painting, etc18. in the nature of of the nature of essentially the same as; by way of[C13: via Old French from Latin nātūra, from nātus, past participle of nascī to be born]

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n. 1. the natural world as it exists without human beings or civilization. 2. the elements of the natural world, as mountains, trees, animals, or rivers. 3. natural scenery. 4. the universe, with all its phenomena. 5. the particular combination of qualities belonging to a person, animal, thing, or class by birth, origin, or constitution; native or inherent character. 6. character, kind, or sort: two books of the same nature. 7. characteristic disposition; temperament: an evil nature. 8. the natural, primitive condition of humankind. 9. biological functions or urges. 10. the laws and principles that guide the universe or an individual. Idioms: by nature, as a result of inborn or inherent qualities; innately. [1200–50; Middle English natur(e) < Old French < Latin nātūra=nāt(us), past participle of nāscī to be born + -ūra -ure]

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(nā′chər)1. The world and its naturally occurring phenomena, together with all of the physical laws that govern them.2. Living organisms and their environments.

Nature

See also earth; environment
ambrologythe study of the sources and formation of amber. — ambrologic, ambrological, adj.anthropopsychismthe assignment of a humanlike soul to nature. — anthropopsychic, adj.azoologythe study of inanimate nature.chemismthe quality of chemical activities, properties, or relationships.conservationista person who advocates the conservation of the natural resources of a country or region. — conservational, adj.etiology, aetiologythe science of the causes of natural phenomena. — etiologic, aetiologic, etiological, aetiological, adj.physiolatrythe worship of nature. — physiolater, n. — physiolatrous, adj.physiosophythe body of wisdom about nature.physis1. the principle or concept of growth and change in nature.
2. nature considered as the source of growth and change.
3. something that grows or develops.physitheism1. the assignment of a physical form to a god.
2. the deification and worship of natural phenomena; physiolatry.physiurgicproduced by natural rather than divine or human forces.thaumatographya dissertation on the wonders of nature. — thaumatographic, adj.

Nature

See Also: FLOWERS, LEAVES, MOON, OCEAN/OCEANFRONT, PONDS AND STREAMS, RAIN, SEASCAPES, SKYSCAPES, SNOW, STARS, SUN, THUNDER AND LIGHTNING, TREES, WEATHER

Big heavy drops [of dew] … lie on the face of the earth like sweat —Shirley Ann Grau
Bushes … like heads; you could have sworn sometimes you saw them mounting and swaying in manly talk —Elizabeth Bowen
The damp stands on the long green grass as thick as morning’s tears —Emily Brontë
See Also: THICKNESS
The dawn clings to the river like a fog —Yvor Winters
Dew as thick as frost —Paul Theroux
Dew gleamed and sparkled like myriads of tiny mirrors —Dorothy Livesay
The dew is beaded like mercury on the coarsened grass —Adrienne Rich
Dew … like trembling silver leaves —Dame Edith Sitwell
Driftwood gnarled and knobby like old human bones —Charles Johnson
The earth is like the breast of a woman: useful as well as pleasing —Friedrich Nietzsche
Earth was like a jostling festival of seeds grown fat —Wallace Stevens
Flecks of ice still clung to his collar, flashing like brilliants —William H. Gass
Frost was like stiff icing sugar on all the roofs —H. E. Bates
The garden we planted and nurtured through the spring … fills out like an adolescent at summer camp —Ira Wood
The grass like a prophet’s beard, thoughtful and greying —Charles Simic
The grass on the roadside moved under the evening wind, sounding like many pairs of hands rubbed softly together —H. E. Bates
Grass patches … like squares on a game board —Mary Hedin
Grass … thick as wind —David Ignatow
Hedges as solid as walls —Edith Wharton
Here a giant philodendron twined around a sapodilla tree and through the branches of a hibiscus bush like a green arm drawing two friends together —Dorothy Francis
Ice-crystals, shaped like fern-leaves —Anatole France
Light hung in the trees like cobwebs —Jay Parini
The light is in the dark river of the hot spring evening like a dry wine in a decanter —Delmore Schwartz
Like a great poet, Nature knows how to produce the greatest effects with the most limited means —Heinrich Heine
Like a slim reed of crystal, a fountain hung in the dusky air —Oscar Wilde
The moisture in the air seemed suspended like tiny pearls —Rita Mae Brown
Moss that looks and feels like felt —Brad Leithauser
Nature is like a beautiful woman that may be as delightfully and as truly known at a certain distance as upon a closer view —George Santayana
Santayana expanded on the simile as follows: “As to knowing her through and through, that is nonsense in both cases, and might not reward our pains.”
Nature is like a revolving door: what goes out in one form comes back in another —Anon
Nature like life, she strips men of their pretensions and vanities, exposes the weakness of the weak and the folly of the fool —W. Macneile Dixon
Nature, like lives while they are being lived, is subject to laws of motion; it cannot be stopped and thereby comprehended —Margaret Sutherland
Pebbles [on beach] lit like eggs —Jay Parini
A plant is like a self-willed man, out of whom we can obtain all which we desire, if we will only treat him his own way —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A rampant twining vine of wisteria; ancient and knotted like muscles —Marge Piercy
Sea shells as big as melons. Others like peas —John Cheever
The [clam] shells shone like rainbows —Will Weaver
The shrubs burgeon like magic beanstalks —T. Coraghessan Boyle
The soil [being dug with a spade] slices off like fudge —Sharon Sheehe Stark
Sun-baked tomatoes … hung like red balloons filled with water —Anon
The surrounding nature is soundless as if it were under water —Shohei Ooka
Thistles stood looking like prophets in the Bible in Solomon’s house —Eudora Welty
Tiny, sand-sized bits of green moss hung in slanted drifts in the water like grain dust in sunlight —Will Weaver
Trees and flowers that crowded to the path’s edge like children —Helen Hudson
The tufts of moss, like piles of house dust, that hang trembling on the bare winter trees —Elizabeth Hardwick
The twilight seems like a canopy —Erich Maria Remarque
Undergrowth [of a path] spotted with moonlight like a leapord’s skin —Colette
The water rippled like a piece of cloth —William Faulkner
The white of the snow and sky filled my eyes like the sheet pulled over the head of a dead man —Steve Erickson
A white sky made the bare branches of the elms [in March] seem like bones —Louis Auchincloss

nature

1. 'nature'

Nature is used for talking about all living things and natural processes.

I am interested in science and learning about nature's secrets.We must consider the ecological balance of nature.

When nature has this meaning, don't use 'the' in front of it.

2. 'the country'

Don't use 'nature' to refer to land outside towns and cities. You refer to this land as the country or the countryside.

We live in the country.We missed the English countryside.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	nature - the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized; "it is the nature of fire to burn"; "the true nature of jealousy"quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespearecharacteristic - a distinguishing quality
	2.	nature - a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe; "the laws of nature"; "nature has seen to it that men are stronger than women"causal agency, causal agent, cause - any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results
	3.	nature - the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc.; "they tried to preserve nature as they found it"cosmos, macrocosm, universe, world, existence, creation - everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence"
	4.	nature - the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions; "it is his nature to help others"trait - a distinguishing feature of your personal naturepersonality - the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual; "their different reactions reflected their very different personalities"; "it is his nature to help others"animal nature, animality - the physical (or animal) side of a person as opposed to the spirit or intellectdisposition, temperament - your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition"complexion - (obsolete) a combination of elements (of dryness and warmth or of the four humors) that was once believed to determine a person's health and temperamentsociality - the tendency to associate with others and to form social groups; "mammals as a class are not strong on sociality"
	5.	nature - a particular type of thing; "problems of this type are very difficult to solve"; "he's interested in trains and things of that nature"; "matters of a personal nature"type - a subdivision of a particular kind of thing; "what type of sculpture do you prefer?"

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noun1. creation, world, earth, environment, universe, cosmos, natural world, Mother Nature, natural forces man's ancient sense of kinship with nature2. flora and fauna, country, landscape, countryside, scenery, natural history an organization devoted to the protection of nature3. quality, character, make-up, constitution, attributes, essence, traits, complexion, features The protests had been non-political in nature.4. temperament, character, personality, disposition, outlook, mood, humour, temper She trusted people. That was her nature.5. kind, sort, style, type, variety, species, category, description This - and other books of a similar nature - are urgently needed.Quotations
"nature red in tooth and claw" [Alfred, Lord Tennyson In Memoriam]
"Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly" [Aristotle Politics]
"You may drive out nature with a pitchfork, yet she'll be constantly running back" [Horace Epistles]
"In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments - there are consequences" [Robert G. Ingersoll Some Reasons Why]
"In her [Nature's] inventions nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous" [Leonardo da Vinci]
"`I play for seasons; not eternities!'"
"Says Nature" [George Meredith Modern Love]

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noun1. The totality of all existing things:cosmos, creation, macrocosm, universe, world.2. A class that is defined by the common attribute or attributes possessed by all its members:breed, cast, description, feather, ilk, kind, lot, manner, mold, order, sort, species, stamp, stripe, type, variety.Informal: persuasion.3. The combination of emotional, intellectual, and moral qualities that distinguishes an individual:character, complexion, disposition, makeup, personality.4. A basic trait or set of traits that define and establish the character of something:being, essence, essentiality, quintessence, substance, texture.5. A person's customary manner of emotional response:complexion, disposition, humor, temper, temperament.

Translations

性质本性种类类型自然

nature

(ˈneitʃə) noun1. the physical world, eg trees, plants, animals, mountains, rivers etc, or the power which made them. the beauty of nature; the forces of nature; the study of nature. 自然界，自然力 2. the qualities born in a person; personality. She has a generous nature.本性3. quality; what something is or consists of. What is the nature of your work?性质4. a kind, type etc. bankers and other people of that nature. 种类，类型 -natured having a certain type of personality. good-natured; ill-natured. 性格...的，本性…的 in the nature of having the qualities of. His words were in the nature of a threat.具有...性质

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nature

1. all natural phenomena and plant and animal life, as distinct from man and his creations 2. Biology the complement of genetic material that partly determines the structure of an organism; genotype

Nature

in art, real natural objects (people, things, landscapes) that the artist directly observes while depicting them. The artist’s view of life and his creative aims are reflected in his selection of subjects from nature and his interpretation of them. Studies, sketches, and drawings, as well as portraits, landscapes, and still lifes, are often done directly from nature.

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(1) In a broad sense, all that exists, the whole world in the multiplicity of its forms. As defined here, “nature” is on the same level as the concepts of “matter” and the “universe.”

(2) In a narrower sense, the object of science, or more precisely, the object of all study in the natural sciences (the “sciences of nature”). Each of the natural sciences studies a different aspect of nature and expresses the results of its research in universal but sufficiently specific laws, of the type exemplified by the laws of mechanics, which describe not nature per se but mechanical movement in nature.

“Nature” is a general concept that provides a frame of reference for understanding and explaining various specific subjects of study, such as space and time, movement, and causality. The general concept of “nature” is developed in the philosophy and methodology of science, which isolate its main characteristics, drawing on the results of research in the natural sciences. As an ultimate abstraction whose basic characteristics are universality, conformity to laws, and self-sufficiency, the concept of “nature” first achieved sociocultural importance during the Renaissance, in the struggle against religious dogmatism and medieval Scholasticism. (This line of development was dramatically expressed in the anthropocentric art of the Renaissance and in its materialist philosophical systems.) However, the concept’s sociocultural status was not consolidated until the establishment of experimental natural science in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Contemporary natural science has both inherited and significantly enriched the understanding of nature that developed in the modern era. This is evident in ideas concerning the development of nature, the specific laws governing nature’s development, the various forms of movement of matter, and the various structural levels in the organization of nature, as well as in the broadening of ideas about types of causal relationships. For example, the theory of relativity radically changed views on the spatial and temporal organization of objects in nature. The development of modern cosmology has enriched our ideas about the direction of natural processes, the achievements of elementary-particle physics have contributed to a significant broadening of the concept of “causality,” and progress in ecology has led to an understanding of the profound principles of the integrity of nature as a single, unified system. At the same time, as a result of the intensive development of the social sciences, the concept of “activity” has joined the concept of “nature,” playing an integrating role in cognition.

(3) The totality of the natural conditions under which human society exists. In this, the most widely used interpretation, the concept of “nature” refers less to nature per se or nature as the object of the sciences than to nature’s place and role in the system of man’s and society’s historically changing attitudes toward it. The concept of “nature” is used to designate not only the natural conditions of human existence but also the man-made, material ones (“second nature”). As K. Marx observed, the continuous exchange of substances between man and nature is the law regulating social production. Without this exchange, human life would be impossible (K. Marx and F. Engels, Soch., 2nd ed., vol. 23, pp. 51, 514).

The real basis for man’s relationship to nature arises from human activity, which, in the final analysis, is always carried out in nature, with materials provided by nature. Therefore, throughout the history of society, changes in man’s relationship to nature have been determined by changes in the character, direction, and scale of human activity. Primitive man received an overwhelming proportion of his means of subsistence in ready or almost ready form from nature, and the products of his material activity were direct products of nature. Accordingly, the chief factor in the relationship of man and society to nature was direct consumption. The dominance of this type of relationship can be easily traced in the development of cultures based on livestock raising and land cultivation, where the final result of production retains its direct association with nature. The rather rigid spatial and temporal boundaries of human activity were also purely natural. Localized around weakly interconnected centers of culture, human activity reflected the powerful influence of geographic conditions. Its rhythm was dictated chiefly by diurnal and seasonal rhythms in nature. Consequently, the cycles of human activity corresponded, on the whole, to natural cycles.

This general outline of man’s relationship to nature changed little, even after the rise of the highly developed culture of classical antiquity. The fundamental structure of material activity, within which the real relationship between nature and society developed, remained virtually untouched. Obtaining and working natural materials continued to be the principal motives for material activity. The scale of the relationship between nature and society did not begin to change noticeably until modern times, in connection with the development of machine production, which demanded new types of raw materials and sources of energy and, consequently, a deeper penetration of nature’s “larder.” Man began to take more from nature and to do so in fundamentally different ways. Natural materials were not simply consumed but were processed in more and more far-reaching ways, acquiring new, extranatural properties. Consequently, in everything that was produced, the social properties created by human activity increasingly outweighed the natural properties. At this point, relations of consumption were replaced by relations of subjugating or conquering nature, as well as by the expanding exploitation of natural resources. This tendency was characteristic of the first industrial revolution, which was preceded by the epoch of great geographic discoveries, a period that contributed to a substantial increase in the volume and number of natural resources exploited.

Society was increasingly active in mastering and transforming natural space, creating specifically social forms of organization—“second nature,” or social space, the laws of which are determined not only by natural conditions but also, to an ever-increasing degree, by social labor. At the same time, the rhythm of human activity changed, losing its direct dependence on rhythms in nature.

Until the beginning of the modern scientific and technological revolution, the exploitation of nature was primarily extensive—that is, based on increasing the volume and varieties of the resources obtained from nature. The scale of society’s activity was virtually unrestricted by outside factors, or nature itself: man could take from nature as much as his productive forces allowed, “without rendering an account.”

By the mid-20th century this mode of exploitation began to approach a critical point simultaneously in several respects. The scale on which the traditional sources of energy and raw materials were consumed became comparable to the total remaining reserves of these resources. As a result of rapid population growth, the same condition developed with regard to the natural base for food production. The activity of human society is exerting an increasingly noticeable effect on nature, clearly infringing on natural mechanisms of self-regulation and radically altering the conditions under which organic matter exists. All of this creates an objectively natural basis and necessity for a transition from extensive to intensive exploitation of nature—that is, to a fuller, more efficient, and more varied utilization of natural resources. From the standpoint of society, the necessity for such a transition is reinforced by a change in the character of human activity, which can no longer develop spontaneously under the influence of its own inner logic. Human activity must be regulated, because the material and natural conditions for it are limited. In contemporary society, the instrument for the regulation of human activity is science—the principal tool for the intensification and rationalization of production and for the planned restructuring of the material relations between man and nature. Modern activity is becoming more and more consistently oriented toward science. As a result, a new type of relationship is developing between nature and society—a relationship of global regulation, embracing processes in nature and the activity of society as a whole and presupposing the elaboration of rational programs for the activity of society. These programs take into account the kinds and limits of permissible action on nature, as well as the need for the preservation and reproduction of nature. Increasingly, nature is becoming an essential and wisely regulated component of the social organism.

However, the process of the development of a rational relationship between society and nature varies, depending on socioeconomic conditions. The founders of Marxism pointed out that capitalism gives rise to a rapacious attitude toward nature, based on the domination of private, individualistic interests. As Marx noted, if culture progresses spontaneously and is not consciously directed, it leaves behind it a desert (ibid., vol. 32, p. 45). The practical experience of modern capitalism is evidence that the bourgeois system creates serious obstacles to the rational regulation of nature. It is therefore confronted by various global crises (in ecology and energy, for example). By contrast, the very essence of the socialist system contributes to the rationalization of the relationship between nature and society and to a judicious regulation of nature.

“Socialized man and the associated producers rationally regulate … their interchange with Nature, bringing it under their common control,… and achieving this with the least expenditure of energy and under conditions most favorable, and worthy of, their human nature” (K. Marx, ibid, vol. 25, part 2, p. 387). Of course, this does not mean that the principle of rational regulation can be realized automatically: it demands extensive and active efforts.

The development of the forms of human activity also determined changes in man’s intellectual and theoretical relation to nature. However, these changes were directly brought about not by the forms of material production but by their refraction in the forms of intellectual activity. Primitive man, almost completely merged with nature, commonly endowed natural objects with spirits (animism). The world of nature appeared to be the world of man; mythology did not yet have a foundation for juxtaposing man and nature. A strictly theoretical attitude toward nature first developed with the separation of philosophy from mythology—that is, with the appearance of theoretical thinking. On the level of values, the theoretical attitude proved to be dualistic. The part of nature that had been drawn into human activity was treated from a utilitarian and pragmatic viewpoint, as a consumption value, a source of resources for man, and a habitat. (This valuational position has survived into the mid-20th century.) On the other hand, nature as a whole was long regarded as a force immeasurably superior to man and, therefore, as an ideal of harmony and perfection not created by human hands.

The same type of valuational attitude determined the direction of theoretical speculations about nature. Throughout classical philosophy, nature is treated as perfection, as the focal point of the Logos. The approaches to this interpretation are extremely diverse. For example, Pythagoras viewed the world and nature as harmony and absolutely perfect order; Democritus viewed them as the kingdom of elemental forces. Plato took a specific position, anticipating Christianity’s attitude in his interpretation of nature as a pale reflection of an ideal world transcending the material world. Classical thought characteristically treated nature as a standard of organization and a model of wisdom, and usually considered the life lived in accordance with nature and its laws to be the best and the most desirable. In other words, nature was elevated above theoretical thinking as something superior, boundless, inexhaustible, and, in its wholeness, accessible only in an ideal form. An analogous attitude is encountered in other cultures in which theoretical thinking has developed (for example, the Indian and Chinese cultures).

A fundamentally different attitude toward nature developed with the establishment of Christianity, which regarded nature as the embodiment of the material principle, as the “here below,” where all is transient and changeable. A sharp distinction is drawn between the eternal, absolute, spiritual principle—god, who stands absolutely above nature—and the earthly, or nature. Unlike antiquity, Christianity stressed not merging with nature but transcending it.

The Renaissance marked a return to classical ideals in interpreting nature and everything natural as the embodiment of harmony and perfection. Later, this view reappeared in a wide variety of contexts, particularly in the concept of “natural rights” (J.-J. Rousseau, for example), which derived human rights from the natural laws of human society. Nature was also equated with harmony and perfection by a number of literary and philosophical schools, which promoted the slogan “back to nature,” regarding nature as the only salvation from the destructive effects of the bourgeois order.

In modern times, this idealistic attitude toward nature played a considerable role in transforming nature into an object of scientific study. However, the original pattern of an idealized, poeticized attitude toward nature was radically transformed as science developed and as man began to master nature by means of industry. Experimental natural science advanced the idea of “testing” nature. In relation to human cognition and action, nature became an object, a sphere of activity, and a mute, inert force that had to be conquered and subordinated to the rule of reason.

This attitude toward nature survives until the domination of nature begins to become a reality. When the world created by human activity becomes commensurate with the world of nature—that is, when the activity of society attains a planetary scale and becomes comparable in volume to the scale of processes in nature—the utilitarian, pragmatic attitude toward nature gradually ceases to be self-sufficient and unlimited and is supplemented by a realization of the growing dependence of nature on man and on human activity. Based on this realization, a new, sociohistorical evaluation of nature emerges, taking as its point of departure an appreciation of nature as the unique and universal abode of man and human culture. Such an appreciation presupposes a responsible attitude toward nature, continuous coordination of the needs of society with nature’s capacity to satisfy them, and consideration of the important fact that mankind is part of nature.

On the scientific and theoretical level the reorientation of values has been reflected in a shift from the idea of absolute domination over nature to the idea of a relationship between society and nature as partners of equal potential. The first theoretical expression of this position was V. I. Vernadskii’s concept of the “noosphere.” Awareness of the potential and in some respects, actual) superiority of society to nature has gradually, though by no means painlessly, given rise to a new approach based on the idea of unified, balanced, and responsible regulation of social and natural processes and conditions. In the second half of the 20th century this approach has become more popular and has begun to serve as the basis for regulating human activity and the entire system of practical relations between society and nature, including measures for conservation and for environmental protection.

However, the process of putting society’s relation with nature on a rational foundation is still far from universal. Pollution of the environment and rapacious exploitation of natural resources persist in a number of countries. As a result, ecological pessimism has become widespread in the West. Proceeding from the assumption that human activity results in irreversible destruction in nature, ecological pessimism (in its extreme forms) demands cutbacks in technology. In the capitalist countries, this point of view is fostered not only by the existence of unsolved problems in the rationalization of the relation between society and nature but also by the very character of the social system. The experience of socialism shows that a society based on social property is in a position to regulate its relationship with nature intelligently. Although it is by no means possible to solve all problems at once, a planned approach guarantees success and deprives ecological pessimism of its social base.

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What does it mean when you dream about nature?

Nature symbolizes life-giving forces—freedom, restoration, renewal. It suggests that one’s basic instincts are experienced and expressed. Peace, calmness, simplicity, and tranquility can be denoted by this symbol.

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noun creation

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noun flora and fauna

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noun temperament

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noun the totality of all existing things

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noun a class that is defined by the common attribute or attributes possessed by all its members

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noun the combination of emotional, intellectual, and moral qualities that distinguishes an individual

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noun a basic trait or set of traits that define and establish the character of something

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noun a person's customary manner of emotional response

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noun the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized

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noun a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe

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noun the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc.

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noun the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions

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