naturalism has definitions from the fields of philosophy,fine art
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[ noun ] (philosophy) the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms without recourse to spiritual or supernatural explanations

Used in print

(Brainard Cheney, "Christianity and the Tragic Vision-Ut...)

He specifies , `` In the middle period of the Nineteenth Century it was colored by Christian supernaturalism , in the Twentieth Century it was affected by naturalism .

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[ noun ] (fine art) an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description

Synonyms

realism

Related terms

artistic_movement

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