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Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 9 votes)Rate this definition: 1  nature(noun) the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized. it is the nature of fire to burn; the true nature of jealousy. 2  nature(noun) a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe.
1 the view of the world that takes account only of natural elements and forces, excluding the supernatural or spiritual.  the belief that all phenomena are covered by laws of science and that all teleological explanations are therefore without value.