naturalism

Meanings

Plural: naturalisms

Noun

• (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
• A state of nature; conformity to nature.
• The doctrine that denies a supernatural agency in the miracles and revelations recorded in religious texts and in spiritual influences.
• Any system of philosophy which refers the phenomena of nature as a blind force or forces acting necessarily or according to fixed laws, excluding origination or direction by a will.
• A doctrine which denies a strong separation between scientific and philosophic methodologies and/or topics
• A movement in theatre, film, and literature that seeks to replicate a believable everyday reality, as opposed to such movements as romanticism, surrealism, or abstract art, in which subjects may receive highly symbolic or idealistic treatment.
• naturism, nudism, social nudity.
• The belief in natural law.

Synonyms

realism

Related Words

naturalist