nonnaturalness
- noun
:
antinaturalidad
- The nonnaturalness of the dialogue in the play made it difficult for the audience to connect with the characters.
Examples
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Second-person texts frequently undermine this story-discourse dichotomy by the very nonnaturalness of their design, telling the narratee's or addressee's story.
Academic text (1994) -
Although I personally find it hard to put a figure on the degree of nonnaturalness involved, I would tend to agree that first-person present-tense texts may be harder to imagine being produced under realistic circumstances.
Academic text (1994) -
The artist's choice of colors contributed to the nonnaturalness of the painting, making it stand out from typical landscapes.
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In his report, he discussed the nonnaturalness of the given data, suggesting that it did not accurately reflect real-world scenarios.
Synonyms
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A quality that makes something seem strange or not normal
Antonyms
How Natural
Surface Forms
Morphology
nonnaturalness = nonnatural (transparent) = non + natural + ness
Formed by adding the productive noun-forming suffix '-ness' to the adjective 'nonnatural' (which itself is transparently 'non-' + 'natural').
Etymology
Nonnaturalness combines non- 'not' with natural, which comes from nature meaning 'the world and its living things'. So, nonnaturalness is the quality of appearing made or changed by people rather than by nature.