contranatural
English
editEtymology
editFrom contra- + natural. Compare counternatural.
Adjective
editcontranatural (comparative more contranatural, superlative most contranatural)
- Opposed to or against nature; unnatural.
- 1667, George Rust, A Funeral Sermon, preached at the obsequies of […] Jeremy Lord Bishop of Down:
- For it is the perfection of every being to act according to the principle of its nature, and it is the nature of an arbitrarious principle to act or not, to do or undo, upon no account but its own will and pleasure; to be determined and tied up, either by itself, or from abroad, is violent and contra-natural.
Galician
editEtymology
editAdjective
editcontranatural m or f (plural contranaturais)
- contranatural, unnatural, antinatural
- Synonym: antinatural
- Antonym: natural
Further reading
edit- “contranatural”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
Portuguese
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: con‧tra‧na‧tu‧ral
Adjective
editcontranatural m or f (plural contranaturais)
- contranatural, unnatural, antinatural
- Synonyms: contranatura, antinatural
- Antonym: natural
Further reading
edit- “contranatural”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
- “contranatural”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “contranatural”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
Spanish
editEtymology
editAdjective
editcontranatural m or f (masculine and feminine plural contranaturales)
- contranatural, unnatural, antinatural
- Synonym: antinatural
- Antonym: natural
Further reading
edit- “contranatural”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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