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Naturalism

A state of nature; conformity to nature.

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Naturalist 74% connected

One versed in natural science; a student of natural history, esp. of the natural history of animals.

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Naturalist 74% connected

One versed in natural science; a student of natural history, esp. of the natural history of animals.

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Naturalistic 74% connected

Belonging to the doctrines of naturalism.

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Naturalistic 74% connected

Belonging to the doctrines of naturalism.

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Realism 92% connected

As opposed to nominalism, the doctrine that genera and species are real things or entities, existing independently of our conceptions. According to r…

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Aesthetic noun · 86% connection

(philosophy) a philosophical theory as to what is beautiful; "he despised the esthetic of minimalism"

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Aristotelianism noun · 86% connection

(philosophy) the philosophy of Aristotle that deals with logic and metaphysics and ethics and poetics and politics and natural science…

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Determinism noun · 86% connection

(philosophy) a philosophical theory holding that all events are inevitable consequences of antecedent sufficient causes; often underst…

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Empiricism noun · 86% connection

(philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience

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Esthetic noun · 86% connection

(philosophy) a philosophical theory as to what is beautiful; "he despised the esthetic of minimalism"

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Formalism noun · 86% connection

(philosophy) the philosophical theory that formal (logical or mathematical) statements have no meaning but that its symbols (regarded…

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Idealism noun · 86% connection

(philosophy) the philosophical theory that ideas are the only reality

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Intuitionism noun · 86% connection

(philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge is acquired primarily by intuition

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Legal philosophy noun · 86% connection

the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do

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Materialism noun · 86% connection

(philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality

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Mechanism noun · 86% connection

(philosophy) the philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes

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Nativism noun · 86% connection

(philosophy) the philosophical theory that some ideas are innate

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Nominalism noun · 86% connection

(philosophy) the doctrine that the various objects labeled by the same term have nothing in common but their name

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Peripateticism noun · 86% connection

(philosophy) the philosophy of Aristotle that deals with logic and metaphysics and ethics and poetics and politics and natural science…

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Platonism noun · 86% connection

(philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names

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Pragmatism noun · 86% connection

(philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value

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Probabilism noun · 86% connection

(philosophy) the doctrine that (since certainty is unattainable) probability is a sufficient basis for belief and action

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Rationalism noun · 86% connection

(philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge is acquired by reason without resort to experience

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Accordance noun · 78% connection

Agreement; harmony; conformity.

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Accuracy noun · 78% connection

The state of being accurate; freedom from mistakes, this exemption arising from carefulness; exact conformity to truth, or to a rule o…

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Accurate adjective · 78% connection

In exact or careful conformity to truth, or to some standard of requirement, the result of care or pains; free from failure, error, or…

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Adhere verb · 78% connection

To hold, be attached, or devoted; to remain fixed, either by personal union or conformity of faith, principle, or opinion; as, men adh…

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Affinity noun · 78% connection

Kinship generally; close agreement; relation; conformity; resemblance; connection; as, the affinity of sounds, of colors, or of langua…

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After preposition · 78% connection

According to; in accordance with; in conformity with the nature of; as, he acted after his kind.

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Agreeable adjective · 78% connection

In pursuance, conformity, or accordance; -- in this sense used adverbially for agreeably; as, agreeable to the order of the day, the H…

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Agreeableness noun · 78% connection

The quality of being agreeable or suitable; suitableness or conformity; consistency.

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Agreement noun · 78% connection

State of agreeing; harmony of opinion, statement, action, or character; concurrence; concord; conformity; as, a good agreement subsist…

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Alamodality noun · 78% connection

The quality of being a la mode; conformity to the mode or fashion; fashionableness.

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Analogy noun · 78% connection

Conformity of words to the genius, structure, or general rules of a language; similarity of origin, inflection, or principle of pronun…

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Answer noun · 78% connection

To be or act in accommodation, conformity, relation, or proportion to; to correspond to; to suit.

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Assimilate verb · 78% connection

To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.

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Bonded adjective · 78% connection

Placed under, or covered by, a bond, as for the payment of duties, or for conformity to certain regulations.

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