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naturalistic

[nach-er-uh-lis-tik, nach-ruh-] / ˌnætʃ ər əˈlɪs tɪk, ˌnætʃ rə- /


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Thucydides was partial to naturalistic explanation and, no stranger to eclipses himself, might well have offered Pericles’ nervous helmsman a cloak.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Photographed by Manu Dacosse in a simple but alluring black and white, with similarly naturalistic production design by Katia Wyszkop, the film is exquisitely imagined without being self-aggrandizingly gorgeous.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Having Albert Brooks as a best friend likely molded his style too; both were forerunners of a school of comedy that merged a naturalistic, conversational delivery with an absurdist sensibility.

From Salon • Dec. 21, 2025

Enough can’t be said about Liu’s astonishing, naturalistic turn.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025

As he describes it: To carefully study the organization and sequence of this, the approach must be naturalistic or ethological.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell




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