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naturalistic
adjective nat·u·ral·is·tic \ˌna-chə-rə-ˈlis-tik, ˌnach-rə-\
: looking like what appears in nature : not looking artificial or man-made
: using naturalism in art or literature : showing people or things as they really are
Full Definition of NATURALISTIC
: of, characterized by, or according with naturalism
— nat·u·ral·is·ti·cal·ly \ˌna-chə-rə-ˈlis-ti-k(ə-)lē, ˌnach-rə-\ adverb
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Variants of NATURALISTIC
nat·u·ral·is·tic also nat·u·ral·ist \ˈna-chə-rə-list, ˈnach-rə-\
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Examples of NATURALISTIC
- The zoo strives to create naturalistic settings for the animals.
- <the movie's volcanic eruption is so naturalistic that it's easy to forget that it all came out of a computer>
First Known Use of NATURALISTIC
1838
Related to NATURALISTIC
- Synonyms
- lifelike, living, natural (also naturalist), near, photo-realistic, realistic, three-dimensional
- Antonyms
- nonnatural, nonrealistic, unnatural, unrealistic
Rhymes with NATURALISTIC
anachronistic, antagonistic, behavioristic, cannibalistic, characteristic, collectivistic, deterministic, expressionistic, extralinguistic, impressionistic, militaristic, metalinguistic, monopolistic, monotheistic, neologistic, opportunistic, paternalistic, polytheistic, propagandistic, psycholinguistic, reductionistic, relativistic, somnambulistic
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