NATURALISM

• (noun) (philosophy) the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms without recourse to spiritual or supernatural explanations

• (noun) an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description

  synonyms : realism

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