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socialist realism

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A Stalinist idealization of the dictatorship of the proletariat applied to art that used realistic techniques to show the struggle for socialism in a positive and optimistic manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: art, arts

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16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: sosialist realizmi — art style
  • Azerbaijani: сосиалист реализми — art style
  • Belarusian: сацыялісты́чны рэалі́зм (sacyjalistýčny realízm) — art style
  • Chinese Mandarin: 社會主義現實主義 /社会主义现实主义 (shèhuì zhǔyì xiànshí zhǔyì) — art style
  • Finnish: sosialistinen realismi — art style
  • French: réalisme socialiste — art style
  • German: sozialistischer Realismus — art style
  • Hebrew: ריאליזם סוציאליסטי (realizm sotsialisti) — art style
  • Malay: realisme sosialis — art style
  • Mongolian: социалист реализм — art style
  • Polish: socrealizm — art style
  • Polish: realizm socjalistyczny — art style
  • Romanian: realism socialist — art style
  • Russian: соцреализм (socrealizm) — art style
  • Ukrainian: соціалісти́чний реалі́зм (socialistýčnyj realízm) — art style
  • Ukrainian: соцреалі́зм (socrealízm) — art style