Naturalism
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Naturalism is a late 19th- and early 20th-century literary movement that portrays life with detached, often pessimistic realism, emphasizing the influence of environment, heredity, and social conditions on human behavior.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Naturalism canonical | 41 |
| naturalism | 4 |
| American naturalism | 3 |
| French naturalism | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4035508 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Naturalism Context triple: [Edith Wharton, movement, Naturalism]
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A.
Naturalism
Naturalism is a philosophical worldview that explains reality solely in terms of natural causes, laws, and phenomena, typically rejecting supernatural or metaphysical explanations.
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B.
The Concept of Nature
The Concept of Nature is a 1920 philosophical work by Alfred North Whitehead that analyzes the relationship between nature, perception, and scientific description, laying groundwork for his later process philosophy.
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Bergsonianism
Bergsonianism is a philosophical movement based on Henri Bergson’s ideas about intuition, duration, and creative evolution, which significantly influenced thinkers such as Georges Sorel.
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Naturphilosophie
Naturphilosophie is a strand of German Idealist philosophy that seeks to understand nature as an organic, dynamic whole governed by underlying metaphysical principles.
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E.
Realism
Realism is a literary and artistic movement that focuses on depicting everyday life and ordinary people with truthful, unembellished detail.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Naturalism Target entity description: Naturalism is a late 19th- and early 20th-century literary movement that portrays life with detached, often pessimistic realism, emphasizing the influence of environment, heredity, and social conditions on human behavior.
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A.
Naturalism
Naturalism is a philosophical worldview that explains reality solely in terms of natural causes, laws, and phenomena, typically rejecting supernatural or metaphysical explanations.
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B.
The Concept of Nature
The Concept of Nature is a 1920 philosophical work by Alfred North Whitehead that analyzes the relationship between nature, perception, and scientific description, laying groundwork for his later process philosophy.
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C.
Bergsonianism
Bergsonianism is a philosophical movement based on Henri Bergson’s ideas about intuition, duration, and creative evolution, which significantly influenced thinkers such as Georges Sorel.
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D.
Naturphilosophie
Naturphilosophie is a strand of German Idealist philosophy that seeks to understand nature as an organic, dynamic whole governed by underlying metaphysical principles.
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E.
Realism
Realism is a literary and artistic movement that focuses on depicting everyday life and ordinary people with truthful, unembellished detail.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (70)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
19th-century literary movement
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20th-century literary movement ⓘ aesthetic concept ⓘ literary movement ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Émile Zola's theoretical writings ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| field |
drama
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fiction ⓘ literature ⓘ novel ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| hasCriticalConcept | roman expérimental ⓘ |
| hasGenreRelation | submovement of Realism (literature) ⓘ |
| hasKeyFigure |
Alphonse Daudet
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Frank Norris ⓘ Guy de Maupassant ⓘ Henrik Ibsen ⓘ Jack London ⓘ Joris-Karl Huysmans ⓘ Nikolai Chernyshevsky ⓘ Stephen Crane ⓘ Theodore Dreiser ⓘ Thomas Hardy ⓘ Émile Zola ⓘ |
| hasKeyWork |
Germinal
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Les Rougon-Macquart ⓘ
surface form:
L'Assommoir
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets ⓘ McTeague ⓘ Nana ⓘ Sister Carrie ⓘ Tess of the D’Urbervilles ⓘ
surface form:
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
The Call of the Wild ⓘ Thérèse Raquin ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacteristic |
detached realism
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emphasis on environment ⓘ emphasis on heredity ⓘ emphasis on social conditions ⓘ emphasis on the sordid and harsh aspects of life ⓘ exploration of human instincts ⓘ focus on determinism ⓘ focus on lower-class characters ⓘ focus on social problems ⓘ focus on urban settings ⓘ influence of scientific thought ⓘ objective narrative stance ⓘ pessimistic tone ⓘ rejection of idealization ⓘ use of colloquial language ⓘ use of detailed description ⓘ |
| hasPeriod |
early 20th century
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late 19th century ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
breakdown of traditional values
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conflict between individual and environment ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ poverty ⓘ sexuality ⓘ social determinism ⓘ struggle for survival ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| influenced |
American literature
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modernist literature ⓘ social problem novel ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Darwinism
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Realism ⓘ
surface form:
Realism (literature)
experimental method ⓘ positivism ⓘ scientific determinism ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
Romanticism
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idealized representation of life ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Naturalism Description of subject: Naturalism is a late 19th- and early 20th-century literary movement that portrays life with detached, often pessimistic realism, emphasizing the influence of environment, heredity, and social conditions on human behavior.
Referenced by (49)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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naturalism
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naturalism
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naturalism
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American naturalism
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American naturalism
this entity surface form:
American naturalism
this entity surface form:
naturalism
subject surface form:
Charles-Marie-Georges Huysmans
subject surface form:
La Cathédrale
this entity surface form:
French naturalism