English Explanatory Dictionary

naturalistic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having the appearance of nature or realism; lifelike or realistic.
  2. Of or relating to philosophical or methodological naturalism.
  3. Of, being, pertaining to, or occurring in a real-world, everyday setting, rather than in a controlled, supervised, or clinical one.
  4. Recreational; nontherapeutic; self-administered.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

naturalistic more naturalistic most naturalistic

Etymology

From naturalist + -ic or natural + -istic.

Derived words

antinaturalistic hypernaturalistic naturalistically naturalistic fallacy nonnaturalistic quasi-naturalistic semi-naturalistic supranaturalistic unnaturalistic
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