— neorealist , n. , adj.
/nee'oh ree"euh liz'euhm/ , n.
1. ( sometimes cap. ) any of various movements in literature, art, etc., that are considered as a return to a more realistic style.
2. a philosophy developed chiefly by 20th-century American philosophers, including Montague and Santayana, characterized by a presentationist epistemology and by the assertion of the real status of universals.
3. Motion Pictures. a style of filming prominent in Italy after World War II, characterized by a concern for social issues and often shot on location with untrained actors. Also called New Realism (for defs. 1, 2).
[ 1915-20; NEO- + REALISM ]