"naturalistic" meaning in English

See naturalistic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: en-us-naturalistic.ogg Forms: more naturalistic [comparative], most naturalistic [superlative]
Etymology: From naturalist + -ic or natural + -istic. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|naturalist|ic}} naturalist + -ic, {{suffix|en|natural|istic}} natural + -istic Head templates: {{en-adj}} naturalistic (comparative more naturalistic, superlative most naturalistic)
  1. Having the appearance of nature or realism; lifelike or realistic. Translations (having the appearance of nature, lifelike, realistic): realistinen (Finnish), naturgetreu (German), realitätsnah (German), lebensecht (German), wirklichkeitsnah (German), wie im echten Leben (German), lejenöfaveratik (Volapük), lifaveratik (Volapük)
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  2. Of or relating to philosophical or methodological naturalism. Translations (of or relating to naturalism): naturalistinen (Finnish), naturaliste (French), naturalistisch (German), naturalistisk (Norwegian Bokmål), naturalistisk (Norwegian Nynorsk), naturalista (Portuguese), naturalista (Spanish), naturalistisk (Swedish), natimik (Volapük)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: naturalistic fallacy, quasi-naturalistic, semi-naturalistic
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