realism

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A practical attitude that accepts the facts of a situation as they really are.

   His realism about the company's finances kept the team from making risky promises.

2. 2
   noun

   A style in art or literature that shows life truthfully and in everyday detail.

   The novel is admired for its gritty realism in describing factory life.

3. 3
   noun

   In philosophy, the view that a real world exists independently of how we observe or think about it.

   The debate between realism and idealism has occupied philosophers for centuries.

From real + -ism.

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