realism
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
realism (countable and uncountable, plural realisms)
- A concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary.
- Hyponym: realpolitik
- Coordinate term: realisticness
- 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
- (antonym(s) of “doctrine concerning universals”): nominalism, antirealism
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- antirealism
- capitalist realism
- depressive realism
- dirty realism
- hallucinatory realism
- hysterical realism
- magical realism
- magic realism
- mathematical realism
- moral realism
- naïve realism
- new realism
- photo-realism
- quasi-realism
- race realism
- socialist realism
- social realism
- speculative realism
- tactical realism
- transcendental realism
Translations
concern for fact or reality
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See also
References
- “realism”, in 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
Noun
realism (genitive , partitive )
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French réalisme.
Noun
realism n (uncountable)
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
Noun
realism c
Declension
| Declension of realism | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | realism | realismen | — | — |
| Genitive | realisms | realismens | — | — |
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- realism in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- realism in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- realism in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- Realism in Svenska Akademiens ordlista öfver svenska språket (6th ed., 1889)