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re⋅al⋅ism
[ree-uh-liz-uh
m]
–noun
| 1. | interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc. |
| 2. | the tendency to view or represent things as they really are. |
| 3. | Fine Arts.
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| 4. | Literature.
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| 5. | Philosophy.
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Realism
Re"al*ism\, n. [Cf. F. r['e]alisme.]1. (Philos.) (a) An opposed to nominalism, the doctrine that genera and species are real things or entities, existing independently of our conceptions. According to realism the Universal exists ante rem (Plato), or in re (Aristotle). (b) As opposed to idealism, the doctrine that in sense perception there is an immediate cognition of the external object, and our knowledge of it is not mediate and representative. 2. (Art & Lit.) Fidelity to nature or to real life; representation without idealization, and making no appeal to the imagination; adherence to the actual fact.
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realism
An approach to philosophy that regards external objects as the most fundamentally real things, with perceptions or ideas as secondary. Realism is thus opposed to idealism. Materialism and naturalism are forms of realism. The term realism is also used to describe a movement in literature that attempts to portray life as it is.
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realism
1817, from real (adj.), after Fr. réalisme or Ger. Realismus, from L.L. realis "real." Opposed to idealism in philosophy, art, etc. In ref. to scholastic doctrine of Thomas Aquinas (opposed to nominalism) it is recorded from 1826. Meaning "close resemblance to the scene" (in art, literature, etc., often with ref. to unpleasant details) is attested from 1856.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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