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Webster 1913 Edition
Realism
Re′al-ism
(rē′al-ĭz’m)
, Noun.
[Cf. F.
réalisme
.] 1.
(Philos.)
(a)
As opposed to nominalism, the doctrine that genera and species are real things or entities, existing independently of our conceptions. According to realism the Universal exists ante rem (Plato), or in re (Aristotle).
(b)
As opposed to idealism, the doctrine that in sense perception there is an immediate cognition of the external object, and our knowledge of it is not mediate and representative.
2.
(Art & Lit.)
Fidelity to nature or to real life; representation without idealization, and making no appeal to the imagination; adherence to the actual fact.
Definition 2024
realism
realism
English
Noun
realism (countable and uncountable, plural realisms)
- A concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary.
- An artistic representation of reality as it is.
- (sciences) The viewpoint that an external reality exists independent of observation.
- (philosophy) A doctrine that universals are real—they exist and are distinct from the particulars that instantiate them.
Antonyms
- (doctrine concerning universals): nominalism
Translations
concern for fact or reality
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Anagrams
Estonian
Noun
realism (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
Declension
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Swedish
Etymology
Noun
realism c
Declension
Declension of realism
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| nominative | realism | realismen | ||
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Related terms
References
- Realism in Svenska Akademiens ordlista öfver svenska språket (6th ed., 1889)