Definitions for realism
ˈri əˌlɪz əmre·al·ism

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1. realism, pragmatismnoun

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

2. reality, realness, realismnoun

   the state of being actual or real

   "the reality of his situation slowly dawned on him"

3. realism, naive realismnoun

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

4. naturalism, realismnoun

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

5. Platonism, realismnoun

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

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1. Realismnoun

   the practise of assessing facts and the probabilities of the consequences of actions in an objective manner; avoidance of unrealistic or impractical beliefs or efforts. Contrasted to idealism, self-deception, overoptimism, overimaginativeness, or visionariness.

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1. realismnoun

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

2. realismnoun

   An artistic representation of reality as it is

3. realismnoun

   The viewpoint that an external reality exists independent of observation

4. realismnoun

   A doctrine that universals are realthey exist and are distinct from the particulars that instantiate them

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1. realism

   Realism is a philosophical, artistic, or literary approach that seeks to depict the world, people, or events as they truly are, without idealization or distortion. In philosophy, realism refers to the belief that reality exists independent of the human mind. It emphasizes the objective understanding of truth and existence. In art or literature, realism portrays characters, situations or settings in a way that mirrors real life, showing all its aspects including the mundane, the ugly and the ordinary.

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1. Realismnoun

   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)

2. Realismnoun

   as opposed to idealism, the doctrine that in sense perception there is an immediate cognition of the external object, and our knowledge of it is not mediate and representative

3. Realismnoun

   fidelity to nature or to real life; representation without idealization, and making no appeal to the imagination; adherence to the actual fact

4. Etymology: [Cf. F. ralisme.]

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1. Realism

   as opposed to Nominalism, is the belief that general terms denote real things and are not mere names or answerable to the mere conception of them, and as opposed to idealism, is in philosophy the belief that we have an immediate cognition of things external to us, and that they are as they seem. In art and literature it is the tendency to conceive and represent things as they are, however unsightly and immoral they may be, without any respect to the beautiful, the true, or the good. In Ruskin's teaching mere realism is not art; according to him art is concerned with the rendering and portrayal of ideals.

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1. mailers

2. Raëlism

3. mislear

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of realism in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of realism in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of realism in a Sentence

1. Hob Broun:

   Realism...has no more to do with reality than anything else.

2. Jean Cocteau:

   True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us from seeing.

3. Honore De Balzac:

   Imagination helps bring out the realism of every detail and only sees the beauties of the work.

4. Ben Rhodes:

   What he’s always said is that if there’s a threat against us, we will act, but when it comes to shaping events in cultures that are foreign to the United States we have to have some degree of realism.

5. George Brainard:

   The idea of the title was that it was more like the title of a song, there's a real sort of musical aspect to this scene, and (my friend and I) liked the idea of the title being something that was more like a blues song and that would have that sort of energy to go along with this gritty, real, ultra-realism kind of feel.

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