realism
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realism
- /ˈɹi.əlɪzəm/
noun realisms
- A concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary.
- An artistic representation of reality as it is.
- The viewpoint that an external reality exists independent of observation. Lenin in fact confused epistemological realism with materialism (he repeats several times that materialism consists of recognizing 'objective material reality', 'independent of the subject'-but if so, nearly every Catholic philosopher is a materialist)
- A doctrine that universals are real: they exist and are distinct from the particulars that instantiate them.
Opposite: nominalism, antirealism
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Closest in meaning: reality, realness, naturalism, platonism, naive realism, pragmatism, actuality, reasonableness, practicality, feasibility, lifelike, attitude, simulation, verity, literalism, objectivity
noun
Opposite: nominalism, antirealism
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Talk about this word "realism." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/realism. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. realism. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/realism "realism." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/realism.Cite this
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title = {realism},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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