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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun naturalist has 2 senses
- naturalist(n = noun.person) Array - an advocate of the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms; Array is a kind of philosopher
- naturalist(n = noun.person) natural scientist - a biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology); Array is a kind of biologist, life scientist
Derived form noun naturalism1
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CIDE DICTIONARY
naturalist, n. [Cf. F. naturaliste.].
- One versed in natural science; a student of natural history, esp. of the natural history of plants or animals; a botanist or zoologist. [1913 Webster]
- One who holds or maintains the doctrine of naturalism in religion. H. Bushnell. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
naturalist, n. & adj.
--n.
1 an expert in natural history.
2 a person who believes in or practises naturalism.
--adj. = NATURALISTIC.
--n.
1 an expert in natural history.
2 a person who believes in or practises naturalism.
--adj. = NATURALISTIC.
THESAURUS
naturalist
Marxist, anatomist, bacteriologist, biochemist, biologist, biometrist, biophysicist, botanist, commonsense philosopher, cytologist, dialectical materialist, ecologist, epistemological realist, geneticist, materialist, natural realist, natural scientist, physicist, physiologist, realist, zoologistROGET THESAURUS
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Organization
N organization, organized world, organized nature, living nature, animated nature, living beings, organic remains, fossils, protoplasm, cytoplasm, protein, albumen, structure, organization, organism, biology, natural history, organic chemistry, anatomy, physiology, zoology, botany, microbiology, virology, bacteriology, mycology, naturalist, archegenesis, antherozoid, bioplasm, biotaxy, chromosome, dysmeromorph, ecology, oecology, erythroblast, gametangium, gamete, germinal matter, invagination, isogamy, oogamy, karyaster, macrogamete, microgamete, metabolism, anabolism, catabolism, metaplasm, ontogeny, ovary, ovum, oxidation, phylogeny, polymorphism, protozoa, spermary, spermatozoon, trophoplasm, vacuole, vertebration, zoogloea, zygote, Darwinism, neo-Darwinism, Lamarkism, neoLamarkism, Weismannism, morphology, taxonomy, organic, organized, karyoplasmic, unsegmentic, vacuolar, zoogloeic, zoogloeoid.
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