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- pronunciation:
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naech
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- Word Combinations (noun)
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| definition 1: |
in literature, a method of depicting life that reflects a philosophy of determinism.
Emile Zola, the originator of naturalism, created characters whose struggles against dire social conditions were defeated by their genetic inheritance. |
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in visual art, the depiction of subjects so as to reproduce their natural appearance.
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in theology, the doctrine that religious truth derives from nature rather than from revelation.
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