realism

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /riəlɪzm/ enPR: REE-ahl-izm

Noun

realism (uncountable)

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

Antonyms

• (doctrine concerning universals): nominalism

Translations

Translations

Bulgarian: реализъм (bg) (realis'm) Catalan: realisme (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 現實主義 (cmn), 现实主义 (cmn) (xiànshí zhǔyì) Czech: realismus (cs) m. Danish: realismen (da) Dutch: realisme (nl) Esperanto: realismo (eo) Finnish: realismi (fi) French: réalisme (fr) m. German: Realismus (de) m. Greek: ρεαλισμός (el) (realismós) Hebrew: ריאליזם (he) (real'is)

Hungarian: realizmus (hu) Ido: realismo (io) Italian: realismo (it) m. Japanese: 現実主義 (ja) (genjitsu shugi), 写実主義 (ja) (shajitsu shugi), リアリズム (ja) (riarizum) Norwegian: realisme (no) Portuguese: realismo (pt) m. Romanian: realism (ro) Russian: реализм (ru) (realism) Serbo-Croatian: realizam (sh) m. Spanish: realismo (es) Swedish: realism (sv) Turkish: gerçekçilik (tr)

See also

• idealism

Anagrams

• mailers, Raëlism

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Estonian

Noun

realism (^??? please provide the genitive and partitive!)

1. realism

Declension

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Romanian

Noun

realism

1. realism

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Swedish

Etymology

reell +‎ -ism

Noun

realism c.

1. realism

Declension

Declension of realism

	uncountable		uncountable
Common	indefinite	definite
nominative	realism	realismen
genitive	realisms	realismens

Related terms

• realist
• realistisk

References

• Realism in Svenska Akademiens ordlista öfver svenska språket (6th ed., 1889)