realism
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
realism (countable and uncountable, plural realisms)
- 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.
Antonyms
- (doctrine concerning universals): nominalism, antirealism
Translations
concern for fact or reality
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See also
Further reading
- "realism" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 257.
Anagrams
Estonian
Noun
realism (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Romanian
Noun
realism n (uncountable)
Swedish
Etymology
Noun
realism c
Declension
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Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | realism | realismen | — | — |
Genitive | realisms | realismens | — | — |
Related terms
References
- Realism in Svenska Akademiens ordlista öfver svenska språket (6th ed., 1889)
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