Thesaurus: naturalism

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1. n. A state of nature; conformity to nature.
2. n. The doctrine of those who deny a supernatural agency in the miracles and revelations recorded in the Bible, and in spiritual influences; also, any system of philosophy which refers the phenomena of nature to a blind force or forces acting necessarily or according to fixed laws, excluding origination or direction by one intelligent will.
3. n. (philosophy) the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms without recourse to spiritual or supernatural explanations
4. n. an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description
5. 1. A state of nature; conformity to nature. 2. (Metaph.) The doctrine of those who deny a supernatural agency in the miracles and revelations recorded in the Bible, and in spiritual influences; also, any system of philosophy which refers the phenomena of nature to a blind force or forces acting necessarily or according to fixed laws, excluding origination or direction by one intelligent will.
6. The doctrine of those who deny a supernatural agency in themiracles and revelations recorded in the Bible, and in spiritualinfluences; also, any system of philosophy which refers the phenomenaof nature to a blind force or forces acting necessarily or accordingto fixed laws, excluding origination or direction by one intelligentwill.
7. n:100 n. (philosophy) the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms without recourse to spiritual or supernatural explanations n. an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description