REALISM


Meaning of REALISM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈrē-ə-ˌli-zəm ]

noun

Date: 1817

1. : concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary

2.

a. : a doctrine that universals exist outside the mind ; specifically : the conception that an abstract term names an independent and unitary reality

b. : a theory that objects of sense perception or cognition exist independently of the mind — compare nominalism

3. : the theory or practice of fidelity in art and literature to nature or to real life and to accurate representation without idealization

• re·al·ist -list adjective or noun

• re·al·is·tic ˌrē-ə-ˈlis-tik adjective

• re·al·is·ti·cal·ly -ti-k(ə-)lē adverb

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.