naturalism

IPA: nˈætʃɝʌɫɪzʌm

A state of nature; conformity to nature.
The doctrine that denies a supernatural agency in the miracles and revelations recorded in religious texts and in spiritual influences.
(philosophy) Any system of philosophy which refers the phenomena of nature as a blind force or forces acting necessarily or according to fixed laws, excluding origination or direction by a will.
(philosophy) A doctrine which denies a strong separation between scientific and philosophic methodologies and/or topics
(art) A movement in theatre, film, and literature that seeks to replicate a believable everyday reality, as opposed to such movements as romanticism or surrealism, in which subjects may receive highly symbolic or idealistic treatment.
(nonstandard) naturism, nudism, social nudity.
(politics, law) The belief in natural law.

Examples of "naturalism" in Sentences

And that's because I think naturalism is a belief system.
But I - as I said earlier, I think naturalism is a faith-based system.
For (then as now) naturalism is not an empirical or scientific thesis at all, but a purely philosophical one.
It's a belief system, because the foundation of naturalism is such that we have to believe that we can find the truth.
Even if you want me to stipulate that "naturalism" is also a god being put into that gap, that's still no help: that just makes ID as bad as you say naturalism is.
Now, with this selfish individualism which we call naturalism we shall have much to do, for it plays an increasing rôle in the modern world; it is the neo-paganism which we may see spreading about us.
With the help of a couple of fairly obvious premises, epistemological naturalism also implies naturalism1, and I'll use ˜naturalism™ to refer to the disjunction of the three versions of naturalism sketched.
For example, an article I wrote on AMERICAN PSYCHO for EXCAVATIO, the journal of the Emile Zola Society and research in naturalism, used many comparisons to the work of Jack London, especially BURNING DAYLIGHT.
The term naturalism by no means fits James Branch Cabell, who has laid the scene of much of his invention in medieval Europe and who at many points seems incorrigibly romantic; and yet a temper so ironical and so unconventional sets him widely apart from the rococo romancers of the years during which he commenced to write.