realism
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[edit] English
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[edit] Noun
realism (uncountable)
- 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
[edit] Antonyms
- (doctrine concerning universals): nominalism
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[edit] Estonian
[edit] Noun
realism (??? please provide the genitive and partitive!)
[edit] Declension
- This Estonian entry needs a declension template
[edit] Romanian
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realism
[edit] Swedish
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Noun
realism c.
[edit] Declension
Declension of realism
| uncountable | uncountable | |||
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| Common | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative | realism | realismen | ||
| genitive | realisms | realismens | ||
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[edit] References
- Realism in Svenska Akademiens ordlista öfver svenska språket (6th ed., 1889)