state of nature

English

Noun

state of nature (plural states of nature)

1. (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