realism

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth

2. 2
   noun

   (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names

3. 3
   noun

   (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that physical objects continue to exist when not perceived

4. 4
   noun

   an artistic movement in 19th century France

5. 5
   noun

   the state of being actual or real

6. 6
   noun

   A concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary.

7. 7
   noun

   An artistic representation of reality as it is.

8. 8
   noun

   The viewpoint that an external reality exists independent of observation.

Etymology

From real + -ism.