naturalist
IPA: nˈætʃɝʌɫʌst
noun
- (obsolete, except as merged with later senses) A natural philosopher; a scientist.
- (philosophy) A person who believes in or advocates the tenets of philosophical or methodological naturalism.
- An expert in natural history or the study of plants and animals.
- (art) A creative artist who attempts to faithfully represent nature; an adherent of artistic naturalism.
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Examples of "naturalist" in Sentences
- He preferred to be called a naturalist or realist, and these terms fit him equally well.
- A great help to the naturalist is a collection of pictures such as appear from time to time in periodicals.
- But the language of a naturalist is quite unique in regard to what he or she thinks is natural and what is not.
- Join naturalist Casey Pittrizzi to search for migratory birds that might be stopping by Meadowlark Gardens during migration season.
- I also think his work as a naturalist is very important, and this was a point I wanted to stress in Originthe absolutely critical urgency of respecting and caring for our planet.
- The statement does not say the naturalist is only capable of being justified in making inductions if the naturalist believes that theism is true, since that's a logically incoherent notion.
- French, as in English, naturalist means, of course, sim - ply student of nature, and the analogy between the writer and the naturalist, specifically the botanist and zoologist, was ready at hand.
- 11 Arabia, in the opinion of the naturalist, is the genuine and original country of the horse; the climate most propitious, not indeed to the size, but to the spirit and swiftness, of that generous animal.
- Natural history must indeed be a godlike pursuit, if such a man as this can so adore it, people said; and the very definition and meaning of the word naturalist underwent a favorable alteration in the common mind.
- He was what philosophers call a naturalist, believing -- as did his acknowledged master, Spinoza -- that there is no distinction to be made between God and Nature and that perfection and reality are two names for the same thing.
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