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Words people most associate with “nature”:
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Noun (5 meanings)
1. the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized.
Examples:
- “it is the nature of fire to burn”,
- “the true nature of jealousy”
nature is a type of:
- quality (noun) -
parts of nature:
- characteristic (noun) - a distinguishing quality
2. a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe.
Examples:
- “the laws of nature”,
- “nature has seen to it that men are stronger than women”
nature is a type of:
- causal agent, cause, causal agency (noun) - any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results
3. the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc..
Example:
- “they tried to preserve nature as they found it”
4. the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions.
Example:
- “it is his nature to help others”
nature is a type of:
- trait (noun) - a distinguishing feature of your personal nature
types of nature:
- animality, animal nature (noun) - the physical (or animal) side of a person as opposed to the spirit or intellect
- complexion (noun) - (obsolete) a combination of elements (of dryness and warmth or of the four humors) that was once believed to determine a person's health and temperament
- disposition, temperament (noun) - your usual mood
- sociality (noun) - the tendency to associate with others and to form social groups
nature is a part of:
- personality (noun) - the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual
Attribute:
- good-natured (adjective) - having an easygoing and cheerful disposition
- ill-natured (adjective) - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition