naturalism
A state of nature; conformity to nature.
Other meanings
The doctrine that denies a supernatural agency in the miracles and revelations recorded in religious texts and in spiritual influences.
Any system of philosophy which refers the phenomena of nature as a blind force or forces acting necessarily or according to fixed laws, excluding origination or direction by a will.
Related words
- antinaturalism
- hypernaturalism
- nonnaturalism
- supranaturalism
- metaphysical naturalism
- religious naturalism
- spiritual naturalism
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