naturalist

naturalist

See also: naturist

English

Etymology

From natural +‎ -ist.

Noun

naturalist (plural naturalists)

1. (obsolete, except as merged with later senses) A natural philosopher; a scientist. [16th–19th c.]
   • 1791 (date written), Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, 1st American edition, Boston, Mass.: […] Peter Edes for Thomas and Andrews, […], published 1792, OCLC 5625662194:

     It has also been asserted, by some naturalists, that men do not attain their full growth and strength till thirty; but that women arrive at maturity by twenty.

2. (philosophy) A person who believes in or advocates the tenets of philosophical or methodological naturalism. [from 16th c.]
3. An expert in natural history or the study of plants and animals. [from 17th c.]
4. (art) A creative artist who attempts to faithfully represent nature; an adherent of artistic naturalism. [from 19th c.]

Related terms

• naturalism

Translations

person who studies nature or natural history

Bulgarian: естественик (bg) (estestvenik) Chinese: Mandarin: 自然學家／自然学家 (zìránxuéjiā) Danish: naturforsker c, naturforskerske c Dutch: natuurvorser (nl) m, natuurvorster f, natuuronderzoeker (nl) m, natuuronderzoekster f Finnish: luonnontieteilijä (fi) Galician: naturalista m or f German: Naturforscher (de) m, Naturforscherin (de) f Greek: φυσιοδίφης (el) m (fysiodífis) Hungarian: természettudós (hu), természetkutató (hu), természetbúvár (hu) Ido: naturalisto (io) Kazakh: табиғат зерттеушісі (tabiğat zertteuşısı) Macedonian: природона́учник m (prirodonáučnik), природња́к m (prirodnják) Mongolian: байгальч (mn) (bajgalʹč) Norwegian: Bokmål: naturforsker m, naturforskerske f Nynorsk: naturforskar m Persian: طبیعی‌دان‎ (tabi'i-dân) Portuguese: naturalista (pt) m or f Russian: натурали́ст (ru) m (naturalíst), натурали́стка (ru) f (naturalístka) Spanish: naturalista (es) m or f Swedish: naturforskare (sv) c Volapük: nativestigan, natihivestigan (male), natijivestigan (female)

person who advocates philosophical naturalism

Bulgarian: натуралист m (naturalist) Finnish: naturalisti French: naturaliste (fr) m or f German: Naturalist (de) m, Naturalistin (de) f Greek: φυσιοκράτης (el) m (fysiokrátis) Hungarian: naturalista (hu) Ido: naturalisto (io) Macedonian: натуралист m (naturalist) Mongolian: натуралист (naturalist) Portuguese: naturalista (pt) m or f Spanish: naturalista (es) m or f Volapük: natiman, hinatiman (male), jinatiman (female)

See also

• biologist
• botanist
• geologist
• natural historian
• natural history
• natural scientist
• scientist
• zoologist

 

Further reading

• natural history on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• naturalist at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Romanian

Etymology

From French naturaliste.

Noun

naturalist m (plural naturaliști)

1. naturalist

Declension

Declension of naturalist

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) naturalist	naturalistul	(niște) naturaliști	naturaliștii
genitive/dative	(unui) naturalist	naturalistului	(unor) naturaliști	naturaliștilor
vocative	naturalistule		naturaliștilor