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Realism

//ˈɹi.əlɪzəm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth wordnet
  3. 3
    An artistic representation of reality as it is. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names wordnet
  5. 5
    The viewpoint that an external reality exists independent of observation. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that physical objects continue to exist when not perceived wordnet
  2. 7
    A doctrine that universals are real: they exist and are distinct from the particulars that instantiate them. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description wordnet
  4. 9
    the state of being actual or real wordnet

Etymology

From real + -ism.

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