realism

English

Etymology

real +‎ -ism

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɹi.əlɪzm/ enPR: rēʹəlĭzm
  • Audio (RP)(file)

Noun

realism (countable and uncountable, plural realisms)

  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.

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See also

References
  • realism at OneLook Dictionary Search
  • realism in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
  • "realism" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 257.
  • “realism”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

Estonian

Etymology

From German Realismus.

Noun

realism (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

  1. realism

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Romanian

Etymology

From French réalisme.

Noun

realism n (uncountable)

  1. realism

Declension
declension of realism (singular only)
singular
n gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) realism realismul
genitive/dative (unui) realism realismului
vocative realismule

Swedish

Etymology

reell +‎ -ism

Noun

realism c

  1. realism

Declension
Declension of realism 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative realism realismen — —
Genitive realisms realismens — —

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