noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
gritty realism
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Billingham’s pictures have a gritty realism which can be almost upsetting.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
gritty
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EastEnders, once renowned for gritty realism and giant characters, is now awash with pygmies acting out absurd leftish fantasies.
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Songs are set in everyday situations and many listeners appreciate the gritty realism , although others consider the earthiness intolerably shallow.
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But then she also thinks Eldorado is full of gritty realism !
magic
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How do you break free from the expectation that your stories will be heavily dosed with magic realism ?
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Her first novel House of the Spirits is also highly recommended - a tourdeforce of magic realism .
magical
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The artist portrayed images of daily life in his native town of Ocotlan with vivid colors, surrealism and magical realism .
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The novel is from the genre of magical realism .
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It seems the filmmakers are aiming for a dose of magical realism , dried-out, reconstituted and completely misunderstood.
new
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By our own poverty of spirit, we begin to gain a new realism about life and the way we ourselves live.
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This time, however, there must be a new sense of realism , on all sides.
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There is now new realism in sentencing.
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In the midst of despair the movie producers drifted amongst other things into a new realism .
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There a new realism and prices are coming down to sensible levels.
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The new realism owed nothing in technique or substance to the romances of Tolkien and Lewis.
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The importance of the Speyhawk write-downs may lie in a new realism by the banks who are now in charge.
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It was suddenly realized that films dealing with contemporary city life were doing well and the new realism was born.
political
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Throughout the Gingrich probe, Cole has had to temper his crusading instincts with political realism .
social
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First, there was the social realism of the Glasgow slums.
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Audiences become attached to soaps that have a strong sense of social realism .
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There could be a causal link between demanding social justice and realism as a method, but it is not shown.
socialist
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Interwar Socialist Realism Socialist realism has a bad press in the West.
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What was new, and what is of interest in this context, was his fundamental critical reappraisal of socialist realism .
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As a result, socialist realism espouses a new interest in correctionalism - even under capitalism.
■ VERB
add
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One had to add a dash of realism and a great big dollop of gratitude to a situation like this.
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Background noises can be added for maximum realism .
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To add realism to the design, colour some of the foxgloves and sunflowers with fabric dyes or embroidery.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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His style combines plain language and gritty realism .
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The battle scenes are described with extraordinary realism .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And realism , it is argued, is a poor basis for belief.
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Audiences become attached to soaps that have a strong sense of social realism .
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His realism was not the realism of his forebears.
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However, their idealism is tempered with realism .
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It fostered an atmosphere of intimidation and blackmail within which realism came to sound like racism.
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Sometimes, it is not the serpentine plots, but the dramatic realism that requires a second viewing.
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These exchanges are a ground-breaking insight for neo-conservative realism .
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You talk about achieving a balance between idealism and realism as if we already have a perfect one.