naturalism

naturalism
noun
[mass noun]
  1. (in art and literature) a style and theory of representation based on the accurate depiction of detail
    (艺术和文学中的)自然 主义
  2. The name ‘Naturalism’ was given to a 19th-century artistic and literary movement, influenced by contemporary ideas of science and society, which rejected the idealization of experience and adopted an objective and often uncompromisingly realistic approach to art. Notable figures include the novelist Zola and the painter Rousseau
    French
  3. a philosophical viewpoint according to which everything arises from natural properties and causes, and supernatural or spiritual explanations are excluded or discounted
    (哲学中的)自然主义
    ■(in moral philosophy) the theory that ethical statements can be derived from non-ethical ones
    (道德哲学中的)自然论
    ■another term for natural religion
    同 natural religion
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