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STATE OF NATURE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does state of nature mean?
• STATE OF NATURE (noun)
The noun STATE OF NATURE has 1 sense:
1. a wild primitive state untouched by civilization
Familiarity information: STATE OF NATURE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A wild primitive state untouched by civilization
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
natural state; state of nature; wild
Context example:
they collected mushrooms in the wild
Hypernyms ("state of nature" is a kind of...):
state (the way something is with respect to its main attributes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "state of nature"):
crudeness; crudity; primitiveness; primitivism; rudeness (a wild or unrefined state)
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"Lies have twisted limbs." (Corsican proverb)