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spiritual naturalism

noun

Etymology

A calque of French naturalisme spiritualiste (coined by Joris-Karl Huysmans from naturalisme and spiritualiste).

  1. derived from naturalisme spiritualiste

Definitions

  1. A worldview that reveres nature, without belief in the supernatural.

    • The spiritual philosophy pulls them down, and opens again the fair fields of spiritual naturalism to the contemplation of thinkers.
    • The possibility of a “spiritual naturalism” has been conceived by M. Huysmans.

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