- 1(of artists, writers, etc. or their work) showing things as they appear in the natural world
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- 2copying the way things are in the natural world to study behavior in laboratory and naturalistic settings
naturalistic
adjectiveNAmE//ˌnætʃrəˈlɪstɪk//, NAmE//ˌnætʃərəˈlɪstɪk//
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