new realism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of nouveau réalisme
  2. An early 20th century movement in philosophy that rejects the epistemological dualism of John Locke and older forms of realism.
  3. Italian new realism, a 21st century movement rooted in the framework of continental hermeneutics.

Word forms

new realism

Etymology

In modern art, a calque of French nouveau réalisme.

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