单词 | naturalistic |
释义 | naturalistic (once / 9177 pages) adj Something that's naturalistic looks real. If you say "excuse me" to a naturalistic mannikin in a store, then that mannikin must look like the real deal! Naturalistic things resemble or are influence by reality, so a naturalistic conversation in a movie sounds like something people would really say to each other, and the naturalistic mooing sound your little cousin makes sounds like a real cow. The 1849 definition of naturalistic was "aiming for realism," from natural and its Latin root, naturalis, "according to nature." WORD FAMILYnaturalistic: naturalistically+/denaturalise: denaturalised, denaturalises/denaturalize: denaturalized, denaturalizes, denaturalizing/natural: naturalise, naturalism, naturalize, naturally, naturalness, naturals, nonnatural, supernatural, unnatural/naturalisation: naturalisations/naturalise: denaturalise, naturalisation, naturalised, naturalises, naturalising/naturalised: unnaturalised/naturalism: naturalist, naturalistic/naturalist: naturalists/naturalization: naturalizations/naturalize: denaturalize, naturalization, naturalized, naturalizes, naturalizing/naturalized: unnaturalized/naturalness: naturalnesses/nature: ill-natured, natural, natures, naturism/naturism: naturist, naturistic/naturist: naturists/supernatural: supernaturalism, supernaturally, supernaturalness, supernaturals/supernaturalism: supernaturalisms, supernaturalist, supernaturalistic/unnatural: unnaturally, unnaturalness/unnaturalness: unnaturalnesses USAGE EXAMPLES“One of my favorite films is ‘Splendor in the Grass,’” she said, “and we would try to emulate those naturalistic, impassioned performances.” New York Times(Nov 29, 2016) “He managed to sing complex Sondheim lyrics with a wonderful degree of meaning — a naturalistic thing that you yearn for in musical performance,” recalls Nunn. Los Angeles Times(Nov 28, 2016) “It is the most naturalistic thing of extraordinary power,” he said. The New Yorker(Nov 20, 2016) adj representing what is real; not abstract or ideal in naturalistic colors the school of naturalistic writers Syn realistic representational (used especially of art) depicting objects, figures,or scenes as seen |
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