state of nature

English

Noun

state of nature (plural states of nature)

(philosophy, religion, law) The way that people lived before there was any organized society.
Antonym: civil society

Translations

the way that people lived before there was any organized society

Finnish: luonnontila (fi)
French: état de nature m
German: Naturzustand (de) m
Hungarian: természeti állapot, természetes állapot
Italian: stato di natura (it) m
Latin: status nātūrae m, status nātūrālis m
Portuguese: estado de natureza m
Swedish: naturtillstånd (sv) n

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