English Explanatory Dictionary

realism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary.
  2. An artistic representation of reality as it is.
  3. The viewpoint that an external reality exists independent of observation.
  4. A doctrine that universals are real: they exist and are distinct from the particulars that instantiate them.

Pronunciation

/ˈɹi.əlɪzəm/ rēʹəlĭzm LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-realism.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-realism.wav

Word forms

realism realisms

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Late Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Late Latin -ālis Late Latin reālisder. Old French reelbor. Middle English real English real Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English realism From real + -ism.

Antonyms

nominalism antirealism

Related words

idealism universalism

Derived words

antirealism capitalist realism depressive realism dirty realism Eurorealism hallucinatory realism hyperrealism hysterical realism infrarealism Islamorealism kitchen sink realism logical realism macrorealism magical realism magic realism mathematical realism metarealism moral realism naïve realism new realism nonrealism overrealism photorealism photo-realism pseudorealism quasi-realism race realism semirealism socialist realism social realism speculative realism superrealism tactical realism technorealism transcendental realism ultrarealism unrealism
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