naturalistic

Modifies a noun

• fallacy: So the so-called naturalistic fallacy is no fallacy at all.
• planting: A feature of all of those shown here was the naturalistic planting.
• acting: The drama is well done with good, naturalistic acting.
• explanation: All naturalistic explanations prove the miracle did not happen.
• observation: She then contrasts these naturalistic observations with stylized fictional worlds.
• dialog: Heaney's script is well written, juxtaposing lyrical poetry with hard-hitting naturalistic dialog.

Modifying Another Word

• purely: The late dates and various authors assigned to the books allow for purely naturalistic sources.
• highly: The Lady of Shalott was one of his first successes, capturing a romantic, dreamy mood in a highly naturalistic setting.
• very: The planting was a successful mixture of native and cottage style planting, all done in a very naturalistic style.
• not: They are deliberately not naturalistic in every detail but formal and stylized according to certain strict conventions.
• completely: But on one level it works in a completely naturalistic sense.
• incredibly: What was interesting was that you really had to be incredibly naturalistic.

Used with adjective complement

• appear: The facial features have been modeled so as to appear naturalistic.
• look: Each of these movements questioned the Renaissance assumption that paintings should look naturalistic.