自し然ぜん主しゅ義ぎ

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

naturalism

Refers to the philosophical view that everything arises from natural properties and causes, or to the literary movement emphasizing realistic depiction of life.

• 彼かれは自し然ぜん主しゅ義ぎの立たち場ばから人にん間げんの行こう動どうを説せつ明めいしようとした。

  He tried to explain human behavior from a naturalistic standpoint.

• その小しょう説せつは自し然ぜん主しゅ義ぎ文ぶん学がくの代だい表ひょう作さくとされている。

  That novel is considered a representative work of naturalist literature.