realism

realism

English

Etymology

real +‎ -ism

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹi.əlɪzm/ enPR: rēʹəlĭzm

• Audio (RP)

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Noun

realism (countable and uncountable, plural realisms)

1. A concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary.
2. An artistic representation of reality as it is.
3. (sciences) The viewpoint that an external reality exists independent of observation.
4. (philosophy) A doctrine that universals are real—they exist and are distinct from the particulars that instantiate them.

Antonyms

• (doctrine concerning universals): nominalism, antirealism

Hyponyms

• legal realism
• moral realism

Translations

concern for fact or reality

Armenian: իրատեսություն (hy) (iratesutʿyun) Bulgarian: реали́зъм (bg) m (realízǎm) Catalan: realisme Chinese: Mandarin: 現實主義／现实主义 (zh) (xiànshízhǔyì) Czech: realismus (cs) m Danish: realismen Dutch: realisme (nl) Esperanto: realismo (eo) Finnish: realismi (fi) French: réalisme (fr) m Galician: realismo m German: Realismus (de) m Greek: πραγματισμός (el) m (pragmatismós) Guaraní: añetegua reko Hebrew: ריאליזם‎ (real'is) Hungarian: realizmus (hu) Ido: realismo (io) Irish: réadúlacht f Italian: realismo (it) m Japanese: 現実主義 (genjitsushugi), 写実主義 (shajitsushugi), リアリズム (riarizumu) Norwegian: Bokmål: realisme m Nynorsk: realisme m Portuguese: realismo (pt) m Romanian: realism (ro) Russian: реали́зм (ru) m (realízm) Serbo-Croatian: realizam (sh) m Slovene: realizem m Spanish: realismo (es) Swedish: realism (sv) Tagalog: pagkamakatunay Turkish: gerçekçilik (tr)

See also

• idealism

References

• realism at OneLook Dictionary Search
• realism in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• "realism" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 257.
• realism in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

Anagrams

• Marlise, Raelism, Raëlism, almries, mailers, remails

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Estonian

Etymology

From German Realismus.

Noun

realism (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. realism

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Romanian

Etymology

From French réalisme.

Noun

realism n (uncountable)

1. realism

Declension

declension of realism (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) realism	realismul
genitive/dative	(unui) realism	realismului
vocative	realismule

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Swedish

Etymology

reell +‎ -ism

Noun

realism c

1. realism

Declension

Declension of realism
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	realism	realismen	—	—
Genitive	realisms	realismens	—	—

Derived terms

• diskbänksrealism
• neorealism
• nyrealism
• skomakarrealism
• socialrealism
• vardagsrealism

Related terms

• realist
• realistisk

References

• Realism in Svenska Akademiens ordlista öfver svenska språket (6th ed., 1889)