Definitions for unnaturalness

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

un•nat•u•ralʌnˈnætʃ ər əl, -ˈnætʃ rəl(adj.)

  1. contrary to the laws or course of nature.

  2. at variance with the character or nature of a person, animal, or plant.

  3. at variance with what is normal or to be expected.

  4. lacking human qualities or sympathies; monstrous; inhuman.

  5. not genuine or spontaneous; artificial or contrived:

    a stiff, unnatural manner.

  6. Obs. lacking a valid or natural claim; illegitimate.

Origin of unnatural:

1375–1425

un•nat′u•ral•ness(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. unnaturalness(noun)

    the quality of being unnatural or not based on natural principles

Wiktionary

  1. unnaturalness(Noun)

    The state of being unnatural.


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