French Meaning of naturalism
Naturalisme
Other French words related to Naturalisme
Nearest Words of naturalism
- naturalised => naturalisé
- naturalise => Naturaliser
- naturalisation => Naturalisation
- natural virtue => Vertu naturelle
- natural theology => Théologie naturelle
- natural steel => acier naturel
- natural state => l'état naturel
- natural spring => Source naturelle
- natural shape => Forme naturelle
- natural selection => sélection naturelle
Definitions and Meaning of naturalism in English
naturalism (n)
(philosophy) the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms without recourse to spiritual or supernatural explanations
an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description
naturalism (n.)
A state of nature; conformity to nature.
The doctrine of those who deny a supernatural agency in the miracles and revelations recorded in the Bible, and in spiritual influences; also, any system of philosophy which refers the phenomena of nature to a blind force or forces acting necessarily or according to fixed laws, excluding origination or direction by one intelligent will.
The theory that art or literature should conform to nature; realism; also, the quality, rendering, or expression of art or literature executed according to this theory.
Specif., the principles and characteristics professed or represented by a 19th-century school of realistic writers, notably by Zola and Maupassant, who aimed to give a literal transcription of reality, and laid special stress on the analytic study of character, and on the scientific and experimental nature of their observation of life.
FAQs About the word naturalism
Naturalisme
(philosophy) the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms without recourse to spiritual or supernatural explanations, an artistic movement
réalisme,Littéralité,représentionalisme,vraisemblance,authenticité,granulosité,Photoréalisme,vérisme
No antonyms found.
naturalised => naturalisé, naturalise => Naturaliser, naturalisation => Naturalisation, natural virtue => Vertu naturelle, natural theology => Théologie naturelle,
