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Definition of Realism

1. Noun. The attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth.

2. Noun. The state of being actual or real. "The reality of his situation slowly dawned on him"

3. Noun. (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that physical objects continue to exist when not perceived.

4. Noun. An artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description.

5. Noun. (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names.

Definition of Realism

1. n. As opposed to nominalism, the doctrine that genera and species are real things or entities, existing independently of our conceptions. According to realism the Universal exists ante rem (Plato), or in re (Aristotle).

Definition of Realism

1. Noun. A concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary ¹

2. Noun. An artistic representation of reality as it is ¹

3. Noun. (science) The viewpoint that an external reality exists independent of observation ¹

4. Noun. (philosophy) A doctrine that universals are real—they exist and are distinct from the particulars that instantiate them ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Realism

1. concern with fact or reality [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Realism

realignments realigns realine realis realis mood realisability realisable realisation realisations realise

realised realiser realisers realises realising realism (current term) realisms realist realistic realistically

realisticity realisticness realists realities reality reality-based reality TV reality adaptation reality awareness reality challenged

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