naturalistic

Speech parts

1. naturalistic - Adjective

2. naturalistic - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Belonging to the doctrines of naturalism.

Closely resembling nature; realistic.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

realistic real world natural living real objective documentary empirical graphic realism straightforward photographic lively observational unaffected
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Antonyms

different off philosophical abstract fake contrasting
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Phrases with the word

semi-naturalistic naturalistic religion quasi-naturalistic naturalistic spirituality naturalistic acting non-naturalistic acting

Anagrams

unartistical

Examples

It makes no difference whether a work is naturalistic or abstract; every visual expression follows the same fundamental laws. Hans Hofmann

Realistic, naturalistic art had dissembled the medium, using art to conceal art; Modernism used art to call attention to art. Clement Greenberg

Every day I studied the nude, and movement in the streets and in the shops [in Berlin]. Out of the naturalistic surface with all its variations I wanted to derive the pictorially determined surface. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Darwinism is not merely a support for naturalistic philosophy: it is a product of naturalistic philosophy. Phillip E. Johnson

There is nothing like a naturalistic orientation to dispel all these morbid thoughts of "sin" and "free will" and "moral responsibility." Raymond Smullyan

From the naturalistic point of view, all men are equal. There are only two exceptions to this rule of naturalistic equality: geniuses and idiots. Mikhail Bakunin

Close letter words and terms

naturalism naturalist naturalista naturalistic acting naturalistic description naturalistic fallacy