Realism Meaning and Definition


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Realism meaning

Word: Realism

How to pronounce: ˈrɪəlɪzm

Noun

Definitions:

1. The attitude or practice of accepting a situation as it is and being prepared to deal with it accordingly.

Example sentences: "The summit was marked by a new mood of realism"

2. The quality or fact of representing a person, thing, or situation accurately or in a way that is true to life.

Example sentences: "The earthy realism of Raimu's characters"

3. The doctrine that universals or abstract concepts have an objective or absolute existence. The theory that universals have their own reality is sometimes called Platonic realism because it was first outlined by Plato's doctrine of “forms” or ideas.

Example sentences: "There's little indication of the available range of ethical theories, from crude emotivism to Platonic realism, from McDowellian objectivism to virtue theory."


Synonyms:

realness

naturalism

pragmatism


Derivations:

realist

reality

realization

realize

realise

realistic

really


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Realism in Other Languages...

Spanish: Realismo

German: Realismus

French: Réalisme

Italian: Realismo

Turkish: Gerçekçilik


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