adj
Meaning 1
Synonym of naturalistic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: naturalistic
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
naturalist
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noun
Meaning 2
A natural philosopher; a scientist.
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Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 3
A person who believes in or advocates the tenets of philosophical or methodological naturalism.
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Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
An expert in natural history or the study of plants and animals.
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noun
Meaning 5
A creative artist who attempts to faithfully represent nature; an adherent of artistic naturalism.
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Topics: art, arts
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noun
Meaning 6
a biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: natural scientist
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: biologist, life scientist
Narrower terms: Agassiz, Louis Agassiz, Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz, Andrews, Roy Chapman Andrews, Cuvier, Georges Cuvier, Baron Georges Cuvier, Georges Leopold Chretien Frederic Dagobert Cuvier, Darwin, Charles Darwin, Charles Robert Darwin, Gesner, Konrad von Gesner, Hudson, W. H. Hudson, William Henry Hudson, Humboldt, Baron Alexander von Humboldt, Baron Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt, Lamarck, Jean Baptiste de Lamarck, Chevalier de Lamarck, Muir, John Muir, Oken, Lorenz Oken, Okenfuss, Lorenz Okenfuss, Steller, Georg Wilhelm Steller, Swammerdam, Jan Swammerdam, Wallace, Alfred Russel Wallace
noun
Meaning 7
an advocate of the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: philosopher
History
Etymology
From natural + -ist. Piecewise doublet of naturalista.
Across languages
Translations
51 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: естественик (estestvenik) — person who studies nature or natural history
- Chinese Mandarin: 自然學家 /自然学家 (zìránxuéjiā) — person who studies nature or natural history
- Danish: naturforsker — person who studies nature or natural history
- Danish: naturforskerske — person who studies nature or natural history
- Dutch: natuurvorser — person who studies nature or natural history
- Dutch: natuurvorster — person who studies nature or natural history
- Dutch: natuuronderzoeker — person who studies nature or natural history
- Dutch: natuuronderzoekster — person who studies nature or natural history
- Esperanto: naturalisto — person who studies nature or natural history
- Finnish: luonnontieteilijä — person who studies nature or natural history
- Galician: naturalista — person who studies nature or natural history
- German: Naturforscher — person who studies nature or natural history
- German: Naturforscherin — person who studies nature or natural history
- Greek: φυσιοδίφης (fysiodífis) — person who studies nature or natural history
- Hungarian: természettudós — person who studies nature or natural history
- Hungarian: természetkutató — person who studies nature or natural history
- Hungarian: természetbúvár — person who studies nature or natural history
- Ido: naturalisto — person who studies nature or natural history
- Kazakh: табиғат зерттеушісі (tabiğat zertteuşısı) — person who studies nature or natural history
- Latin: nātūrālista — person who studies nature or natural history
- Macedonian: природона́учник (prirodonáučnik) — person who studies nature or natural history
- Macedonian: природња́к (prirodnják) — person who studies nature or natural history
- Mongolian: байгальч (bajgalʹč) — person who studies nature or natural history
- Norwegian Bokmål: naturforsker — person who studies nature or natural history
- Norwegian Bokmål: naturforskerske — person who studies nature or natural history
- Norwegian Nynorsk: naturforskar — person who studies nature or natural history
- Persian: طبیعیدان (tabi'i-dân) — person who studies nature or natural history
- Portuguese: naturalista — person who studies nature or natural history
- Russian: натурали́ст (naturalíst) — person who studies nature or natural history
- Russian: натурали́стка (naturalístka) — person who studies nature or natural history
- Spanish: naturalista — person who studies nature or natural history
- Swedish: naturforskare — person who studies nature or natural history
- Volapük: nativestigan — person who studies nature or natural history
- Volapük: natihivestigan — person who studies nature or natural history
- Volapük: natijivestigan — person who studies nature or natural history
- Bulgarian: натуралист (naturalist) — person who advocates philosophical naturalism
- Finnish: naturalisti — person who advocates philosophical naturalism
- French: naturaliste — person who advocates philosophical naturalism
- German: Naturalist — person who advocates philosophical naturalism
- German: Naturalistin — person who advocates philosophical naturalism
- Greek: φυσιοκράτης (fysiokrátis) — person who advocates philosophical naturalism
- Hungarian: naturalista — person who advocates philosophical naturalism
- Ido: naturalisto — person who advocates philosophical naturalism
- Latin: nātūrālista — person who advocates philosophical naturalism
- Macedonian: натуралист (naturalist) — person who advocates philosophical naturalism
- Mongolian: натуралист (naturalist) — person who advocates philosophical naturalism
- Portuguese: naturalista — person who advocates philosophical naturalism
- Spanish: naturalista — person who advocates philosophical naturalism
- Volapük: natiman — person who advocates philosophical naturalism
- Volapük: hinatiman — person who advocates philosophical naturalism
- Volapük: jinatiman — person who advocates philosophical naturalism
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