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单词 naturalism
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
nat•u•ral•ism /ˈnætʃərəˌlɪzəm, ˈnætʃrə-/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. Fine Art(in a work of art or a piece of writing) treatment of forms, colors, space, events, and people as they appear or might appear in nature or real life.
nat•u•ral•is•tic, adj. See -nat-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
nat•u•ral•ism  (nachər ə liz′əm, nachrə-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Literature
    • a manner or technique of treating subject matter that presents, through volume of detail, a deterministic view of human life and actions.
    • a deterministic theory of writing in which it is held that a writer should adopt an objective view toward the material written about, be free of preconceived ideas as to form and content, and represent with clinical accuracy and frankness the details of life. Cf. realism (def. 4b).
    • a representation of natural appearances or natural patterns of speech, manner, etc., in a work of fiction.
    • the depiction of the physical environment, esp. landscape or the rural environment.
  2. Fine Art(in a work of art) treatment of forms, colors, space, etc., as they appear or might appear in nature. Cf. idealism (def. 4), realism (def. 3a).
  3. Literatureaction arising from or based on natural instincts and desires alone.
  4. Philosophy
    • Philosophythe view of the world that takes account only of natural elements and forces, excluding the supernatural or spiritual.
    • Philosophythe belief that all phenomena are covered by laws of science and that all teleological explanations are therefore without value.
  5. [Theol.]
    • Religionthe doctrine that all religious truth is derived from a study of natural processes and not from revelation.
    • Religionthe doctrine that natural religion is sufficient for salvation.
  6. adherence or attachment to what is natural.
  • natural + -ism 1635–45

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
naturalism /ˈnætʃrəˌlɪzəm -tʃərə-/ n
  1. a movement, esp in art and literature, advocating detailed realistic and factual description, esp that in 19th-century France in the writings of Zola, Flaubert, etc
  2. the belief that all religious truth is based not on revelation but rather on the study of natural causes and processes
  3. a scientific account of the world in terms of causes and natural forces that rejects all spiritual, supernatural, or teleological explanations
  4. action or thought caused by natural desires and instincts
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