1. (n.) A state of nature; conformity to nature.

2. (n.) The doctrine of those who deny a supernatural agency in the miracles and revelations recorded in the Bible, and in spiritual influences; also, any system of philosophy which refers the phenomena of nature to a blind force or forces acting necessarily or according to fixed laws, excluding origination or direction by one intelligent will.

Marxism absolute realism animalism artlessness atomism authenticity behaviorism bona fideness commonsense realism dialectical materialism earthliness empiricism epiphenomenalism genuineness health historical materialism honesty hylomorphism hylotheism hylozoism inartificiality legitimacy lifelikeness literalism literality literalness materialism mechanism natural realism naturalness nature naturism new realism normalcy normality normalness order photographic realism physicalism physicism positive philosophy positivism pragmaticism pragmatism propriety realism realness regularity representative realism secularism sincerity substantialism temporality true-to-lifeness truth to nature unadulteration unaffectation unaffectedness unartificialness unassumingness undisguise unfictitiousness unpretentiousness unspeciousness unspoiledness unspuriousness unsyntheticness verisimilitude wholesomeness worldliness