nature

Noun
  1. The essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized (synset 104733982)
    "it is the nature of fire to burn"; "the true nature of jealousy"
    is a type of: quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
    has: characteristic - a distinguishing quality
  2. A causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe (synset 109526814)
    "the laws of nature"; "nature has seen to it that men are stronger than women"
    is a type of: causal agency, causal agent, cause - 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. (synset 109389659)
    "they tried to preserve nature as they found it"
    is a type of: cosmos, creation, existence, macrocosm, universe, world - everything that exists anywhere
  4. The complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions (synset 104630470)
    "it is his nature to help others"
    tells us about:
    • good-natured - having an easygoing and cheerful disposition
    • ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition
    is a type of: trait - a distinguishing feature of your personal nature
    subtypes:
    • animal nature, animality - the physical (or animal) side of a person as opposed to the spirit or intellect
    • disposition, temperament - your usual mood
    • complexion - (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
    • sociality - the tendency to associate with others and to form social groups
    is a part of: personality - the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual
  5. A particular type of thing (synset 105848940)
    "problems of this type are very difficult to solve"; "he's interested in trains and things of that nature"; "matters of a personal nature"
    is a type of: type - a subdivision of a particular kind of thing

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