English Dictionary

noble savage

名詞

(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.

日本語の意味

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。

In many 18th-century novels, the noble savage is depicted as an uncorrupted outsider whose simplicity is praised as a sign of humanity's innate goodness.

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。

意味（1）

(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.

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.

noble savages （ plural ）