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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun realism has 5 senses
- realism(n = noun.attribute) pragmatism - the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth; Array is a kind of practicality
- realism(n = noun.state) reality, realness - the state of being actual or real; "the reality of his situation slowly dawned on him" is a kind of actuality
- realism(n = noun.cognition) naive realism - (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that physical objects continue to exist when not perceived; Array is a kind of philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory
- realism(n = noun.group) naturalism - an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description; Array is a kind of art movement, artistic movement
- realism(n = noun.cognition) platonism - (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names; Array is a kind of philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory
Derived forms noun realist3, noun realist2
has particulars: fact
Derived forms noun realist1, noun realist3, noun realist2
Derived form noun realist3
Derived form noun realist1
CIDE DICTIONARY
realism, n. [Cf. F. réalisme.].
- As opposed to nominalism, the doctrine that genera and species are real things or entities, existing independently of our conceptions. According to realism the Universal exists ante rem (Plato), or in re (Aristotle). [1913 Webster]
- Fidelity to nature or to real life; representation without idealization, and making no appeal to the imagination; adherence to the actual fact. [1913 Webster]
- the practise of assessing facts and the probabilities of the consequences of actions in an objective manner; avoidance of unrealistic or impractical beliefs or efforts. Contrasted to
idealism ,self-deception ,overoptimism ,overimaginativeness , orvisionariness . [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
realism, n.
1 the practice of regarding things in their true nature and dealing with them as they are.
2 fidelity to nature in representation; the showing of life etc. as it is in fact.
3 Philos. a the doctrine that universals or abstract concepts have an objective existence (opp. NOMINALISM). b the belief that matter as an object of perception has real existence.
1 the practice of regarding things in their true nature and dealing with them as they are.
2 fidelity to nature in representation; the showing of life etc. as it is in fact.
3 Philos. a the doctrine that universals or abstract concepts have an objective existence (opp. NOMINALISM). b the belief that matter as an object of perception has real existence.
Derivative
realist n.
DEVIL DICTIONARY
realism
n. The art of depicting nature as it is seem by toads. The charm suffusing a landscape painted by a mole, or a story written by a measuring-worm.THESAURUS
realism
Marxism, absolute realism, animalism, artlessness, atomism, authenticity, behaviorism, bona fideness, commonsense realism, dialectical materialism, down-to-earthness, earthiness, earthliness, empiricism, epiphenomenalism, freedom from illusion, genuineness, hardheadedness, health, historical materialism, honesty, hylomorphism, hylotheism, hylozoism, inartificiality, lack of feelings, legitimacy, lifelikeness, literalism, literality, literalness, materialism, matter-of-factness, mechanism, natural realism, naturalism, naturalness, naturism, new realism, normalcy, normality, normalness, order, photographic realism, physicalism, physicism, positive philosophy, positivism, practical-mindedness, practicality, practicalness, pragmaticism, pragmatism, propriety, rationality, realness, reasonableness, regularity, representative realism, saneness, scientism, secularism, sensibleness, sincerity, sober-mindedness, substantialism, temporality, true-to-lifeness, truth to nature, unadulteration, unaffectedness, unfictitiousness, unidealism, unromanticalness, unsentimentality, unspeciousness, unspuriousness, unsyntheticness, verisimilitude, wholesomeness, worldlinessROGET THESAURUS
realism
Truth
N truth, fact, reality, plain fact, plain matter of fact, nature, truth, verity, gospel, gospel truth, God's honest truth, orthodoxy, authenticity, veracity, correctness, correctitude, accuracy, exactitude, exactness, preciseness, precision, delicacy, rigor, mathematical precision, punctuality, clockwork precision, conformity to rule, nicety, orthology, ipsissima verba, realism, plain truth, honest truth, sober truth, naked truth, unalloyed truth, unqualified truth, stern truth, exact truth, intrinsic truth, nuda veritas, the very thing, not an illusion, real Simon Pure, unvarnished tale, unvarnished truth, the truth the whole truth and nothing but the trut, just the thing, real, actual, veritable, true, right, correct, certain, substantially true, categorically true, definitively true, true to the letter, true as gospel, unimpeachable, veracious, unreconfuted, unconfuted, unideal, unimagined, realistic, exact, accurate, definite, precise, well-defined, just, just so, so, strict, severe, close, literal, rigid, rigorous, scrupulous, religiously exact, punctual, mathematical, scientific, faithful, constant, unerring, curious, particular, nice, delicate, fine, clean-cut, clear-cut, verified, empirically true, experimentally verified, substantiated, proven (demonstrated), rigorously true, unquestionably true, true by definition, genuine, authentic, legitimate, orthodox, official, ex officio, pure, natural, sound, sterling, unsophisticated, unadulterated, unvarnished, unalloyed, uncolored, in its true colors, pukka, well-grounded, well founded, solid, substantial, tangible, valid, undistorted, undisguised, unaffected, unexaggerated, unromantic, unflattering, truly, verily, indeed, really, in reality, with truth, certainly, actually, in effect, exactly, ad amussim, verbatim, verbatim et literatim, word for word, literally, literatim, totidem vervis, sic, to the letter, chapter and verse, ipsissimis verbis, ad unguem, to an inch, to a nicety, to a hair, to a tittle, to a turn, to a T, au pied de la lettre, neither more nor less, in every respect, in all respects, sous tous les rapports, at any rate, at all events, strictly speaking, the truth is, the fact is, rem acu tetigisti, en suivant la verite, ex facto jus oritur, la verita e figlia del empo, locos y ninos dicen la verdad, crazy people and children tell the truth, nihil est veritatis luce dulcius, veritas nunquam perit, veritatem dies aperit, the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, just the facts, ma'am, just the facts.
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