Associations to the word «Naturalist»

Wiktionary

NATURALIST, noun. (dated) A person committed to studying nature or natural history.
NATURALIST, noun. (philosophy) A person who believes in or advocates the tenets of philosophical or methodological naturalism.

Dictionary definition

NATURALIST, noun. An advocate of the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms.
NATURALIST, noun. A biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology).

Wise words

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