REALISM

realism, pragmatism

(noun) the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth

Platonism, realism

(noun) (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names

realism, naive realism

(noun) (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that physical objects continue to exist when not perceived

naturalism, realism

(noun) an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description

reality, realness, realism

(noun) the state of being actual or real; “the reality of his situation slowly dawned on him”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

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

Hyponyms

• moral realism

Anagrams

• Marlise, Raelism, Raëlism, almries, mailers, remails

Source: Wiktionary

Re"al*ism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. réalisme.]

1. (Philos.) (a) An 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). (b) As opposed to idealism, the doctrine that in sense perception there is an immediate cognition of the external object, and our knowledge of it is not mediate and representative.

2. (Art & Lit.)

Definition: Fidelity to nature or to real life; representation without idealization, and making no appeal to the imagination; adherence to the actual fact.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition