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US
/ˌnætʃɝəˈɫɪstɪk, ˌnætʃɹəˈɫɪstɪk/
]
[ UK /nˌætʃəɹəlˈɪstɪk/ ]
[ UK /nˌætʃəɹəlˈɪstɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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representing what is real; not abstract or ideal
the school of naturalistic writers
in naturalistic colors
a realistic novel
realistic portraiture
How To Use naturalistic In A Sentence
- By having a strapping man say Katherina's words, it is not real and not naturalistic, so it gives the audience a jolt and makes the play double edged.
- Although box and yews can be clipped into formal shapes, most shade plants appear at home in that naturalistic setting.
- It was made in a naturalistic set with a starry cast, authentic props and costumes. Times, Sunday Times
- Naturalistic animals were carved on misericords in the early 14th century, and individualized facial features appeared on the small human heads that decorated keystones and arch mouldings.
- Quite the opposite: Why try to copy naturalistic virtues that the camera can capture more tellingly?
- Park's naturalistic depiction of brutal violence and sadistic torture often make for uncomfortable viewing.
- Any appeal to divine intervention to bridge what seem to be otherwise unbridgeable gaps in naturalistic explanations is viewed with great suspicion. Combinatorial Dependencies
- His plays have a closer relationship to the pre-20th century high comedies than to the naturalistic comedies of our own time.
- But, as with pure naturalistic theories of evolution, your task is to shut up and bow to your superiors, not ask obvious questions.
- Finally, a naturalistic worldview is one that has no supernatural or mystical element to it.