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realism

Nouns

• (n) the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth pragmatism,
• (n) the state of being actual or real
  • the reality of his situation slowly dawned on him
  realness, reality,
• (n) (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that physical objects continue to exist when not perceived naive realism,
• (n) an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description naturalism,
• (n) (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names Platonism,

Synonyms

pragmatism realness reality naive realism naturalism Platonism

Antonyms

irreality unreality

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