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, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1792, →OCLC:

     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.]
   • a. 1776, Joseph Baretti, “Dialogue the Fortieth”, in Easy Phraseology for the Use of Those Persons Who Intend to Learn the Colloquial Part of the Italian Language‎^[1], 1835 edition, Turin: Joseph Bocca, page 236:

     I will leave off all my childish fooleries and diversions, and set about studying with such a rage, that when you come back next year, you may find the tongue I have now in my mouth more forky than that of some serpents mentioned by Pliny the naturalist.

4. (art) A creative artist who attempts to faithfully represent nature; an adherent of artistic naturalism. [from 19th c.]

Derived terms

• religious naturalist
• spiritual naturalist

 

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 (gl) 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)
• Latin: please add this translation if you can
• 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)
• Latin: please add this translation if you can
• 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”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed 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