■ noun
1》 the attitude or practice of accepting a situation as it is and dealing with it accordingly.
2》 (in art or literature) the representation of things in a way that is accurate and true to life.
3》 Philosophy the doctrine that universals or abstract concepts have an objective or absolute existence. Often contrasted with nominalism .
↘the doctrine that matter as the object of perception has real existence.
Derivatives
realist noun & adjective