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Evolutionary naturalism takes the inherent limitations of science and turns them into a devastating philosophical weapon: because science is our only real way of knowing anything, what science cannot know cannot be real.
Phillip E. Johnson

Meaning of "naturalism" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF NATURALISM

naturalism  [ˈnætʃrəˌlɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NATURALISM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Naturalism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES NATURALISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of naturalism in the English dictionary

The first definition of naturalism in the dictionary is 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. Other definition of naturalism is the characteristics or effects of this movement. Naturalism is also a school of painting or sculpture characterized by the faithful imitation of appearances for their own sake.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NATURALISM


brutalism
ˈbruːtəˌlɪzəm
capitalism
ˈkæpɪtəˌlɪzəm
colonialism
kəˈləʊnɪəˌlɪzəm
formalism
ˈfɔːməˌlɪzəm
imperialism
ɪmˈpɪərɪəˌlɪzəm
journalism
ˈdʒɜːnəˌlɪzəm
liberalism
ˈlɪbərəˌlɪzəm
literalism
ˈlɪtərəˌlɪzəm
materialism
məˈtɪərɪəˌlɪzəm
metabolism
mɪˈtæbəˌlɪzəm
minimalism
ˈmɪnɪməˌlɪzəm
nationalism
ˈnæʃənəˌlɪzəm
Orientalism
ˌɔːrɪˈɛntəˌlɪzəm
photojournalism
ˌfəʊtəʊˈdʒɜːnəˌlɪzəm
professionalism
prəˈfɛʃənəˌlɪzəm
realism
ˈrɪəˌlɪzəm
socialism
ˈsəʊʃəˌlɪzəm
surrealism
səˈrɪəˌlɪzəm
symbolism
ˈsɪmbəˌlɪzəm
vandalism
ˈvændəˌlɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NATURALISM

natural scientist
natural selection
natural slope
natural theologian
natural theology
natural varnish
natural virtues
natural wastage
natural-born
naturalise
naturalist
naturalistic
naturalistic fallacy
naturalistically
naturalization
naturalization papers
naturalize
naturalized
naturally
naturalness

WORDS THAT END LIKE NATURALISM

alcoholism
cannibalism
citizen journalism
communalism
environmentalism
factionalism
federalism
fundamentalism
idealism
individualism
industrialism
initialism
intellectualism
multiculturalism
multilateralism
mutualism
pastoralism
photorealism
pluralism
spiritualism
traditionalism

Synonyms and antonyms of naturalism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «NATURALISM»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «naturalism» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of naturalism

Translation of «naturalism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NATURALISM

Find out the translation of naturalism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of naturalism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «naturalism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

自然
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

naturalismo
570 millions of speakers

English

naturalism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रकृतिवाद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

طبيعية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

натурализм
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

naturalismo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্বাভাবিকতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

naturalisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Naturalisme
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Naturalismus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

自然主義
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

자연주의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Naturalism
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thiên tính
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இயற்கையை சார்ந்தே
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रकृतीवाद
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

doğacılık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

naturalismo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

naturalizm
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

натуралізм
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

naturalism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νατουραλισμός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

naturalisme
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

naturalism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

naturalisme
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of naturalism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NATURALISM»

The term «naturalism» is regularly used and occupies the 65.322 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NATURALISM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «naturalism» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «naturalism» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about naturalism

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10 QUOTES WITH «NATURALISM»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word naturalism.
1
John Desmond Bernal
Naturalism aimed at giving the primitive wishes full play but failed because these wishes are too primitive, too infantile, too inconsistent with themselves to be satisfied even by the greatest license.
2
Emilia Clarke
American naturalism is what my indulgent actor side loves: a bit of Tennessee Williams, a bit of Clifford Odets, August Wilson - I would just love to tackle some of that.
3
Mark Duplass
Obviously we know Bill Hader is funny and charming, but my question is, can he do raw humanity and naturalism? I think so.
4
Greg Graffin
Naturalism teaches one of the most important things in this world. There is only this life, so live wonderfully and meaningfully.
5
Ken Ham
Our public schools arbitrarily define science as explaining the world by natural processes alone. In essence, a religion of naturalism is being imposed on millions of students. They need to be taught the real nature of science, including its limitations.
6
Phillip E. Johnson
Evolutionary naturalism takes the inherent limitations of science and turns them into a devastating philosophical weapon: because science is our only real way of knowing anything, what science cannot know cannot be real.
7
Phillip E. Johnson
If modernist naturalism were true, there would be no objective truth outside of science. In that case right and wrong would be a matter of cultural preference, or political power, and the power already available to modernists ideologies would be overwhelming.
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Phillip E. Johnson
The second advantage claimed for naturalism is that it is equivalent to rationality, because it assumes a model of reality in which all events are in principle accessible to scientific investigation.
9
Irvin Kershner
I love my early movies, but naturalism is an artist's early style. Now I want to deal with feelings, dreams, an acceptance of irrationality.
10
Alice Lowe
I don't understand why people don't use improvisation, especially in comedy films, but also, for me, you get more naturalism, and that's why I like the naturalistic performances and strange rhythms and the way that people genuinely interact captured rather than sort of very mannered performances.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NATURALISM»

Discover the use of naturalism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to naturalism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Naturalism
Argues against naturalism, or the idea that natural physical processes explain everything, the mind and soul do not exist, and consciousness and causality may have no basis, and suggests that it does not account for human--or any--action.
Stewart Goetz, Charles Taliaferro, 2008
2
Naturalism Defeated?: Essays on Plantinga's Evolutionary ...
Following Plantinga's brief summary of his thesis are eleven original pieces by his critics. The book concludes with a new essay by Plantinga in which he defends and extends his view that metaphysical naturalism is self-defeating.
James K. Beilby, 2002
3
Naturalism in Question
This volume presents a group of leading thinkers who criticize scientific naturalism not in the name of some form of supernaturalism, but in order to defend a more inclusive or liberal naturalism.
Mario De Caro, David Macarthur, 2004
4
Where the Conflict Really Lies: Science, Religion, and ...
Argues that the conflict between theism and science does not exist and that the debate is actually between theism and naturalism, a philosophy rooted in the belief that there is no such being as God.
Alvin Plantinga, 2011
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The Oxford Handbook of American Literary Naturalism
The Oxford Handbook of American Literary Naturalism takes stock of the best new research in the field through collecting twenty-eight original essays drawing upon recent scholarship in literary and cultural studies.
Keith Newlin, 2011
6
Between Naturalism and Religion: Philosophical Essays
In this book, Habermas examines the tension between the spread of naturalistic, scientific views on the one hand, and the rise of religious orthodoxies and revitalization of religious traditions, on the other.
Jürgen Habermas, 2008
7
Naturalism: A Critical Analysis
A Critical Analysis William Lane Craig, J.P. Moreland. being in.” For traditional realists, neither the universal nor the exemplification nexus are spatiotemporal entities. Moreover, in the caseof Socrates and Plato,the exemplification nexus ...
William Lane Craig, J.P. Moreland, 2002
8
Realism and Naturalism: The Novel in an Age of Transition
Employing this strategy, Lehan contends, readers will find a spectrum of meaning in these works that allows and encourages intertextuality-one novel talking or responding to another-for example, Zola's Nana to Dreiser's Sister Carrie or ...
Richard Daniel Lehan, 2005
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Modern Drama in Theory and Practice: Volume 1, Realism and ...
Modern drama in theory and.../J.L.Styan.-v.1.
J. L. Styan, 1981
10
Naturalism and Historical Understanding: Essays on the ...
" This volume has provided the rare opportunity to present related work of several eminent scholars in different fields. Most of the essays were written to honor Professor Randall on the occasion of his 65th birthday.
John Peter Anton, 1967

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NATURALISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term naturalism is used in the context of the following news items.
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Dylan Goes Electric! by Elijah Wald, book review: The times really …
But symbolically, it was momentous, a line in the sand drawn between the past and the future, collectivism and individualism, naturalism and ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
2
'Court' review: Law & disorder in India
... the film works so well thanks to an intelligent, superbly understated script and a feel for naturalism that extends beyond mere performance. «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
3
Books on the box: the top 10 TV remakes
Based on the award-winning book by Baltimore Sun reporter David Simon, Homicide: Life on the Street was lauded for its naturalism, ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
4
A scene from Tangerine
Baker has already carved a niche for himself, specializing in a kind of microbudget naturalism: He and cinematographer Radium Cheung shot ... «Phoenix New Times, Jul 15»
5
Let's Talk About…'Ant-Man'
... a neutered here (which is odd considering he has a screenplay credit) but there's a naturalism to Rudd that I've always been taken with and I ... «mxdwn.com, Jul 15»
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An under-appreciated way of teaching kids to think rationally
We don't generally think that third graders would do well having to write a paper about the epistemological basis for David Hume's naturalism, ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
7
Nova Pilbeam, British teen star of 1930s Hitchcock films, dies at 95
She won critical admiration for her charm and naturalism in a handful of other movies and drew strong notices on the London stage as Peter ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
8
iPhone Feature Tangerine Is an Exuberant, Piercing Comedy
Baker has already carved a niche for himself, specializing in a kind of microbudget naturalism: He and cinematographer Radium Cheung shot ... «Houston Press, Jul 15»
9
Film Review: 'The Case of Hana and Alice'
Oddly enough, we forget that we're watching animation swiftly enough, owing to the naturalism in both the technique and writing, but especially ... «Variety, Jul 15»
10
Ken Ham blames school and media for teaching kids wrong things …
They say that our supposedly 'anti-science' (really anti-naturalism and anti-atheist assumptions smuggled into science!) stance harms the ... «ChristianToday, Jul 15»

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