Word Type

Noun

The word "realism" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

nominalism

Coordinate Terms

realisticness

Derived Terms

Eurorealism Islamorealism antirealism capitalist realism depressive realism dirty realism hallucinatory realism hyperrealism hysterical realism infrarealism kitchen sink realism logical realism macrorealism magic realism magical realism mathematical realism metarealism moral realism naïve realism new realism nonrealism overrealism photo-realism photorealism pseudorealism quasi-realism race realism semirealism social realism socialist realism speculative realism superrealism tactical realism technorealism transcendental realism ultrarealism unrealism

Derived From

real

Context

philosophy sciences

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

actuality art movement artistic movement philosophical doctrine philosophical theory practicality

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

legal realism moral realism

Type Of (IsA)

philosophical doctrine practicality

Related Terms

idealism universalism

Related Terms

artistic doctrine external fact idealism impractical independent instantiate observation particular real reality representation universal visionary

Synonym Network

naturalism platonism reality

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