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Realism

see synonyms of realism

Noun

1. pragmatism, realism

the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth

2. realism, reality, realness

the state of being actual or real

Example Sentences:
'the reality of his situation slowly dawned on him'

3. naive realism, realism

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

4. naturalism, realism

an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description

5. platonism, realism

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Realism

see synonyms of realism
noun
1. 
awareness or acceptance of the physical universe, events, etc, as they are, as opposed to the abstract or ideal
2. 
awareness or acceptance of the facts and necessities of life; a practical rather than a moral or dogmatic view of things
3. 
a style of painting and sculpture that seeks to represent the familiar or typical in real life, rather than an idealized, formalized, or romantic interpretation of it
4. 
any similar school or style in other arts, esp literature
5. philosophy
the thesis that general terms such as common nouns refer to entities that have a real existence separate from the individuals which fall under them
See also universal (sense 11b), Compare Platonism, nominalism, conceptualism, naive realism
6. philosophy
the theory that physical objects continue to exist whether they are perceived or not
Compare idealism, phenomenalism
7. logic, philosophy
the theory that the sense of a statement is given by a specification of its truth conditions, or that there is a reality independent of the speaker's conception of it that determines the truth or falsehood of every statement

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Realism

see synonyms of realism
noun
1. 
a tendency to face facts and be practical rather than imaginative or visionary
2. 
the picturing in art and literature of people and things as they really appear to be, without idealizing
see also naturalism
3.  Philosophy
a. 
the doctrine that universal or abstract terms are objectively actual
see also nominalism
b. 
the doctrine that material objects exist in themselves, apart from the mind's consciousness of them
see also idealism

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Realism

see synonyms of realism
n.
1. An inclination toward literal truth and pragmatism.
2. The representation in art or literature of objects, actions, or social conditions as they actually are, without idealization or presentation in abstract form.
3. Philosophy
a. The scholastic doctrine, opposed to nominalism, that universals exist independently of their being thought.
b. The modern philosophical doctrine, opposed to idealism, that objects exist independently of their being perceived.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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