naturalism
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- noun
- /ˈnæʧərəlɪzəm/
- Literature
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naturalismo
- In her novel, the author uses naturalism to depict everyday life with extreme detail and accuracy.
- realism and naturalism
- naturalism in art
- Renaissance naturalism
Examples
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Let's begin by looking at an earlier moment when naturalism and self-expression occupied opposite poles on a shared scale of value.
Academic text (2013) -
Such trade pieces became highly stylized, showing little of the naturalism of precolonial works.
Academic text (2002) -
But one should not imagine that the cultural politics of naturalism have come to an end.
Academic text (2013) -
In literature, we call the direction naturalism; in politics, it is the national.
Academic text (1996) -
For better or for worse, naturalism inevitably frustrates our ambition to make ultimate sense of the universe.
Academic text (2002) -
Once established, the early tradition of naturalism and finely modeled and thinly cast memorial heads was continued.
Academic text (1993) -
The artist's latest work showcases the stunning naturalism typical of 19th-century French painting.
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Critics praised the film for its remarkable naturalism, reflecting the true struggles of its characters.
Antonyms
How Realistic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Naturalism comes from natural plus the ending -ism, and from the Latin word natura meaning 'nature' or 'birth'. In art, naturalism is about showing life exactly and in detail, so the name reminds us to look to 'nature' and ordinary life for how things really are.