- naturalistic
- also naturalist adjective Date: 1838 of, characterized by, or according with naturalism • naturalistically adverb
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naturalistic — naturalístic adj. m., pl. naturalístici; f. sg. naturalístică, pl. naturalístice Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic NATURALÍSTIC, Ă adj. În sensul naturalismului, conform cu natura; neartificial. [< … Dicționar Român
Naturalistic — Nat u*ral*is tic, a. 1. Belonging to the doctrines of naturalism. [1913 Webster] 2. Closely resembling nature; realistic. Naturalistic bit of pantomime. W. D. Howells. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
naturalistic — index realistic Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
naturalistic — (adj.) 1840, in reference to the doctrine of naturalism; from NATURAL (Cf. natural) + ISTIC (Cf. istic). From 1849 as aiming for realism … Etymology dictionary
naturalistic — ► ADJECTIVE 1) derived from or imitating real life or nature. 2) based on the theory of naturalism. DERIVATIVES naturalistically adverb … English terms dictionary
naturalistic — [nach΄ər əl is′tik, nach΄rə lis′tik] adj. 1. of natural history or naturalists 2. of or characterized by naturalism in any form 3. in accordance with, or in imitation of, nature naturalistically adv … English World dictionary
naturalistic — [[t]næ̱tʃərəlɪ̱stɪk[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED Naturalistic art or writing tries to show people and things in a realistic way. These drawings are among his most naturalistic. 2) ADJ GRADED Naturalistic means resembling something that exists or occurs in… … English dictionary
naturalistic — nat|u|ral|is|tic [ ,nætʃ(ə)rə lıstık ] adjective 1. ) a naturalistic painting, novel, etc. shows people and things as they are in real life 2. ) similar to what exists in nature: a naturalistic setting … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
naturalistic — UK [ˌnætʃ(ə)rəˈlɪstɪk] / US adjective 1) similar to what exists in nature a naturalistic setting 2) art, literature a naturalistic painting, novel etc shows people and things as they are in real life … English dictionary
naturalistic — adj. Naturalistic is used with these nouns: ↑evolution … Collocations dictionary
naturalistic — adjective her sculptures are so naturalistic they seem to breathe Syn: realistic, real life, true to life, lifelike, graphic, representational, faithful, photographic Ant: abstract … Thesaurus of popular words
