Naturalistic

Quick meaning: Naturalistic is an adjective meaning Having the appearance of nature or realism; lifelike or realistic.

Meaning

Having the appearance of nature or realism; lifelike or realistic.

More Meanings

1. Of or relating to philosophical or methodological naturalism.
2. (chiefly medicine and sciences) Of, being, pertaining to, or occurring in a real-world, everyday setting, rather than in a controlled, supervised, or clinical one.

Example Sentences

Each core autistic participant engaged in three naturalistic conversations around the topic of loneliness with: (1) a familiar, chosen conversation partner; (2) a non-autistic stranger and (3) an autistic stranger.

The genius of High Hopes is in its director's ability to push both his characters and his audience to places they would never think of going. Although the situations are always naturalistic (there is not even any of the arty mise en scene Frears used in Sammy and Rosy or My Beautiful Laundrette), he is not afraid of making his characters caricatures.

Synonyms for naturalistic

Depending on context, synonyms include realistic, representational.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include realistic, representational, natural, lifelike, verisimilar, authentic.

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