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REALISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth
Synonyms:
pragmatism; realism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("realism" is a kind of...):
practicality (concerned with actual use rather than theoretical possibilities)
Derivation:
realist (a painter who represents the world realistically and not in an idealized or romantic style)
realist (a person who accepts the world as it literally is and deals with it accordingly)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names
Synonyms:
Platonism; realism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("realism" is a kind of...):
philosophical doctrine; philosophical theory (a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy)
Domain category:
philosophy (the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics)
Derivation:
realist (a philosopher who believes that universals are real and exist independently of anyone thinking of them)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that physical objects continue to exist when not perceived
Synonyms:
naive realism; realism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("realism" is a kind of...):
philosophical doctrine; philosophical theory (a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy)
Domain category:
philosophy (the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics)
Sense 4
Meaning:
An artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description
Synonyms:
naturalism; realism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("realism" is a kind of...):
art movement; artistic movement (a group of artists who agree on general principles)
Derivation:
realist (a painter who represents the world realistically and not in an idealized or romantic style)
Sense 5
Meaning:
The state of being actual or real
Example:
the reality of his situation slowly dawned on him
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("realism" is a kind of...):
actuality (the state of actually existing objectively)
Attribute:
existent; real (being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory)
unreal (lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "realism"):
fact (an event known to have happened or something known to have existed)
Derivation:
realist (a philosopher who believes that universals are real and exist independently of anyone thinking of them)
realist (a painter who represents the world realistically and not in an idealized or romantic style)
realist (a person who accepts the world as it literally is and deals with it accordingly)
