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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

Mr. Zeldin writes crisp, fluid, naturalistic dialogue; unlike in Greek tragedies, there are no soliloquies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 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

Its vocal ranges were operatic, its naturalistic acting style more like that of a play, its structure of spoken plot-carrying scenes interspersed with verse-chorus- designed songs akin to those in musicals.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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