[veer-iz-uh
m, ver-] 
| the theory that rigid representation of truth and reality is essential to art and literature, and therefore the ugly and vulgar must be included. |
| ver·ism (věr'ĭz'əm) n. Realism in art and literature. [Italian verismo : vero, true (from Latin vērus; see wērə-o- in Indo-European roots) + -ismo, system of principles (from Latin -ismus, -ism).] ver'ist n., ve·ris'tic (və-rĭs'tĭk) adj. |