natures
Essential character types
Natures is the plural of nature, used when distinguishing different kinds or essential characters: The natures of the two problems are quite different.
It appears in phrases like human natures when emphasizing individual variation, or the natures of things in philosophical contexts.
The singular nature dominates most usage.
Inborn behavioral nature
- dispositionsCharacteristic mental outlooks
- inclinationsInherent preferences or tendencies
- tendenciesHabitual behavioral directions
- propensitiesNatural tendencies toward something
predispositions · personalities · characters · essences · qualities · traits · constitutions · makeups
Interdependent organism-environment systems
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- floraPlants of a region
- faunaAnimal life collectively
- habitatsNative dwelling places
biomes · wilderness · wildlife · wetlands · forests · rainforests · grasslands · tundra
temperament
Inborn behavioral nature
- dispositionsCharacteristic mental outlooks
- inclinationsInherent preferences or tendencies
- tendenciesHabitual behavioral directions
propensities · predispositions · personalities · characters · essences · qualities · traits · constitutions · makeups · bents
ecosystems
Interdependent organism-environment systems
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- floraPlants of a region
- faunaAnimal life collectively
habitats · biomes · wilderness · wildlife · wetlands · forests · rainforests · grasslands · tundra · coral reefs
naturesexteriors
Outer parts of structures
appearances · surfaces · facades · veneers · masks
naturesnurtures
Encourages development through care
acquisitions · trainings · habits · educations · developments
naturesartifices
Clever tricks or schemes
constructions · contrivances · fabrications · affectations · manufactures
- natural disasterCatastrophic environmental event
- second natureDeeply ingrained tendency
- human natureInborn behavioral tendencies shared universally
- natural lightIllumination from the sun
- by natureThrough inherent character
- natural causesDeath without external intervention
natural, nature, naturally, naturalness, natured, naturalist, naturalize, naturalism, naturism