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(literature) A stock character embodying the concept of an idealized indigene or outsider who has not been corrupted by civilization and therefore symbolizes humanity's innate goodness.

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noble savage

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noble savage

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文明に染まっていない、理想化された先住民またはアウトサイダー。純粋な人間性や生来の善良さを象徴する人物像。

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多くの18世紀の小説では、理想化された先住民が、近代社会に汚されていない存在として描かれ、その純朴さは人間の生来の善の証として称賛されることがある。

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It seemed hardly possible that by such comparatively small mouthfuls he could keep up the vitality diffused through so broad, baronial, and superb a person. But, doubtless, this noble savage fed strong and drank deep of the abounding element of air; and through his dilated nostrils snuffed in the sublime life of the worlds.

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