American English pronunciation
How to pronounce naturalism
IPA transcription: ['nætʃɚə,lɪzəm]
Pronunciation variants: ['nætʃɚə,lɪzəm]['nætʃɹə,lɪzəm]
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Noun
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(philosophy) the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms without recourse to spiritual or supernatural explanations
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an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description
Usage examples
- Taylor rejects naturalism and formalist epistemologies.
- He is known for introducing realism and naturalism into Yiddish theater.
- He also criticized Francis Bacon and denounced literary naturalism and utilitarianism.
- From this point of view, naturalism does not imply scientism.