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Webster 1913 Edition


Naturalness

Nat′u-ral-ness

,
Noun.
The state or quality of being natural; conformity to nature.
But looks through
nature
up to
nature’s
God.
Pope.
Nature
has caprices which art can not imitate.
Macaulay.
2.
The personified sum and order of causes and effects; the powers which produce existing phenomena, whether in the total or in detail; the agencies which carry on the processes of creation or of being; – often conceived of as a single and separate entity, embodying the total of all finite agencies and forces as disconnected from a creating or ordering intelligence;
as, produced by
nature
; the forces of
nature
.
I oft admire
How
Nature
, wise and frugal, could commit
Such disproportions.
Milton.
3.
The established or regular course of things; usual order of events; connection of cause and effect.
4.
Conformity to that which is natural, as distinguished from that which is artificial, or forced, or remote from actual experience.
One touch of
nature
makes the whole world kin.
Shakespeare
5.
The sum of qualities and attributes which make a person or thing what it is, as distinct from others; native character; inherent or essential qualities or attributes; peculiar constitution or quality of being.
Thou, therefore, whom thou only canst redeem,
Their
nature
also to thy
nature
join,
And be thyself man among men on earth.
Milton.
6.
Hence:
Kind, sort; character; quality.
A dispute of this
nature
caused mischief.
Dryden.
7.
Physical constitution or existence; the vital powers; the natural life.
“My days of nature.”
Shak.
Oppressed
nature
sleeps.
Shakespeare
8.
Natural affection or reverence.
Have we not seen
The murdering son ascend his parent's bed,
Through violated
nature
force his way?
Pope.
9.
Constitution or quality of mind or character.
A born devil, on whose
nature

Nurture can never stick.
Shakespeare
That reverence which is due to a superior
nature
.
Addison.
Good nature
,
Ill nature
.
see under
Good
and
Ill
.
In a state of nature
.
(a)
Naked as when born; nude.
(b)
In a condition of sin; unregenerate.
(c)
Untamed; uncivilized.
Nature printing
,
a process of printing from metallic or other plates which have received an impression, as by heavy pressure, of an object such as a leaf, lace, or the like.
Nature worship
,
the worship of the personified powers of nature.
To pay the debt of nature
,
to die.

Webster 1828 Edition


Naturalness

NATURALNESS

,
Noun.
1.
The state of being given or produced by nature; as the naturalness of desire.
2.
Conformity to nature, or to truth and reality; not affectation ; as the naturalness of the eyebrows.

Definition 2024


naturalness

naturalness

English

Noun

naturalness (countable and uncountable, plural naturalnesses)

  1. The state or quality of being natural.
  2. Of a picture or recording, likeness to the original.

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