Naturalism to Navel
Naturalism
(Nat"u*ral*ism) n. [Cf. F. naturalisme.]
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.
Naturalist
(Nat"u*ral*ist), n. [Cf. F. naturaliste.]
1. One versed in natural science; a student of natural history, esp. of the natural history of animals.
2. One who holds or maintains the doctrine of naturalism in religion. H. Bushnell.
Naturalistic
(Nat`u*ral*is"tic) a.
1. Belonging to the doctrines of naturalism.
2. Closely resembling nature; realistic. "Naturalistic bit of pantomime." W. D. Howells.
Naturality
(Nat`u*ral"i*ty) n. [L. naturalitas: cf. F. naturalité.] Nature; naturalness. [R.]
Naturalization
(Nat`u*ral*i*za"tion) n. [Cf. F. naturalisation.] The act or process of naturalizing, esp.
of investing an alien with the rights and privileges of a native or citizen; also, the state of being naturalized.
Naturalize
(Nat"u*ral*ize) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Naturalized (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Naturalizing ] [Cf. F.
naturaliser. See Natural.]
1. To make natural; as, custom naturalizes labor or study.
2. To confer the rights and privileges of a native subject or citizen on; to make as if native; to adopt, as a
foreigner into a nation or state, and place in the condition of a native subject.
3. To receive or adopt as native, natural, or vernacular; to make one's own; as, to naturalize foreign
words.
4. To adapt; to accustom; to habituate; to acclimate; to cause to grow as under natural conditions.
Its wearer suggested that pears and peaches might yet be naturalized in the New England climate.
Hawthorne. Naturalize
(Nat"u*ral*ize), v. i.
1. To become as if native.
2. To explain phenomena by natural agencies or laws, to the exclusion of the supernatural.
Infected by this naturalizing tendency.
H. Bushnell. Naturally
(Nat"u*ral*ly), adv. In a natural manner or way; according to the usual course of things; spontaneously.
Naturalness
(Nat"u*ral*ness), n. The state or quality of being natural; conformity to nature.
Nature
(Na"ture) n. [F., fr. L. natura, fr. natus born, produced, p. p. of nasci to be born. See Nation.]
