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(noun) the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions: "it is his nature to help others" |
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Related Words: animal nature, animality, disposition, sociality, temperament, trait |
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(noun) the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized; "it is the nature of fire to burn" |
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Related Words: quality |
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(noun) a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe; "nature has seen to it that men are stronger than women" |
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Related Words: causal agency, causal agent, cause |
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(noun) a wild primitive state untouched by civilization; "he lived in the wild"; "they tried to preserve nature as they found it" |
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Synonyms: natural state, state of nature, wild |
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Related Words: crudeness, crudity, primitiveness, primitivism, rudeness, state |
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(noun) all non-artificial phenomena |
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Synonyms: natural phenomenon |
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Related Words: chemical phenomenon, geological phenomenon, organic phenomenon, phenomenon, physical phenomenon |
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(noun) everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence" |
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Synonyms: cosmos, creation, existence, macrocosm, universe, world |
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Related Words: natural object, natural order |
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