non-naturalisticadj.
/ˌnɒnnatʃ(ə)rəˈlɪstɪk/, /ˌnɒnnatʃ(ə)rl̩ˈɪstɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌnɑ(n)ˌnætʃ(ə)rəˈlɪstɪk/ 1. Not naturalistic; (Philosophy) = non-naturalist adj. 2.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > moral philosophy > [adjective] > in accordance with doctrine of non-naturalism
non-naturalistic1902
non-naturalist1944
1902 W. James Varieties Relig. Experience vi. 143 Brahmans, Buddhists, Christians, Mohammedans, twice-born people whose religion is non-naturalistic.
1939 W. D. Ross Found. Ethics i. 6 If you define ‘good’ as meaning ‘such that it ought to be desired’, you are putting forward a non-naturalistic definition. Consequence theories also may be either naturalistic or non-naturalistic.
1955 Jrnl. Philos. 52 114 It is a naturalistic program revised in the light of the non-naturalistic position, and it includes ‘a social science of value’.
1992 R. T. Sandin Rehabilitation of Virtue 92 Some non-naturalistic theories..contend that at least some ethical terms are indefinable.
2. = non-naturalist adj. 3.
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society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [adjective] > qualities of works generally
wateryc1230
polite?a1500
meagre1539
over-laboured1579
bald1589
spiritless1592
light1597
meretricious1633
standing1661
effectual1662
airy1664
severe1665
correct1676
enervatea1704
free1728
classic1743
academic1752
academical1752
chaste1753
nerveless1763
epic1769
crude1786
effective1790
creative1791
soulless1794
mannered1796
manneristical1830
manneristic1837
subjective1840
inartisticala1849
abstract1857
inartistic1859
literary1900
period1905
atmospheric1908
dateless1908
atmosphered1920
non-naturalistic1925
self-indulgent1926
free-styled1933
soft-centred1935
freestyle1938
pseudish1938
decadent1942
post-human1944
kitschy1946
faux-naïf1958
spare1965
1925 S. Cheney Art Theater 176 Toward that sort of non-naturalistic theatricalism and intensification of life the road to the future seems to lie.
1935 H. Cahill et al. Art in Amer. 92 These painters..discovered greater freedom in..a variety of abstract, non-naturalistic, and decorative modes of expression.
1963 J. Unterecker Yeats 135 The story of the forces that made the reception of a non-naturalistic art eventually possible need not be rehearsed.
1992 Mod. Painters Spring 92/2 Non-naturalistic colour is an integral element of Richard Webb's method and vision, a compelling means of transfiguring reality.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1902