realism

English

/ɹi.əlɪzm/

noun
Definitions
  • A concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary.
  • An artistic representation of reality as it is.
  • (sciences) The viewpoint that an external reality exists independent of observation.
  • (philosophy) A doctrine that universals are real—they exist and are distinct from the particulars that instantiate them.

Etymology

Suffix from English real.

Origin

English

real

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