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noun
A concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
An artistic representation of reality as it is.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The viewpoint that an external reality exists independent of observation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: sciences
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noun
A doctrine that universals are real: they exist and are distinct from the particulars that instantiate them.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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noun
the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: pragmatism
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Broader terms: practicality
noun
(philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Platonism
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Broader terms: philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory
noun
(philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that physical objects continue to exist when not perceived
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: naive realism
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Broader terms: philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory
noun
an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: naturalism
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Broader terms: artistic movement, art movement
noun
the state of being actual or real
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: reality, realness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: actuality
Narrower terms: fact
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh1-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh1ís Proto-Italic *reis Classical Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis 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.
Across languages
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