naturalism
Example Sentences
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He opts for a flashy shocker of a finale, which violates the play’s comic naturalism and seems faintly desperate.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
Once considered the product of two distinct artists, “Boy With a Basket of Fruit” speaks to the intensity of Caravaggio’s spectacular, sui generis vision of what Italian naturalism would become in his hands.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
Although it may seem naïve, on the surface, to stoop to such mundanity — a variation on our era’s “go outside and touch grass” naturalism — Styles may be genuinely onto something.
From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026
The other is biological naturalism, which argues the opposite.
From Science Daily • Dec. 24, 2025
All my life had shaped me for the realism, the naturalism of the modern novel, and I could not read enough of them.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
