realism en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Classical Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin reālisder. Old French reelbor. Middle English real English real Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English realism From real + -ism.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) A concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary.
- (countable, uncountable) An artistic representation of reality as it is.
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(countable, uncountable) 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)
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 458:
- (countable, uncountable) A doctrine that universals are real: they exist and are distinct from the particulars that instantiate them.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| realisms | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
antirealism (antonym(s) of “doctrine concerning universals”) · nominalism (antonym(s) of “doctrine concerning universals”)
Coordinates
Deriveds
logical realism · Islamorealism · semirealism · antirealism · socialist realism · capitalist realism · representative realism · photorealism · superrealism · dirty realism · pseudorealism · hysterical realism · hyperrealism · nonrealism · unrealism · depressive realism · indirect realism · naïve realism · ultrarealism · transcendental realism · social realism · metarealism · kitchen sink realism · new realism · magical realism · macrorealism · magic realism · Eurorealism · speculative realism · overrealism · quasi-realism · tactical realism · hallucinatory realism · race realism · mathematical realism · infrarealism · photo-realism · technorealism · moral realism
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Translations (39)
ro realism (concern for fact or reality) · pt realismo (concern for fact or reality) · sh realizam (concern for fact or reality) · cmn 唯實論 /唯实论 (doctrine that universals are real) · it realismo (concern for fact or reality) · io realismo (concern for fact or reality) · sv realism (concern for fact or reality) · ia realismo (concern for fact or reality) · es realismo (concern for fact or reality) · az realizm (concern for fact or reality) · hu realizmus (concern for fact or reality) · fi realismi (concern for fact or reality) · ja 現実主義 (concern for fact or reality) · gl realismo (concern for fact or reality) · nb realisme (concern for fact or reality) · tl pagkamakatunay (concern for fact or reality) · cs realismus (concern for fact or reality) · tr gerçekçilik (concern for fact or reality) · ru реали́зм (concern for fact or reality) · ca realisme (concern for fact or reality) · nn realisme (concern for fact or reality) · eo realismo (concern for fact or reality) · az gerçəkçilik (concern for fact or reality) · fr réalisme (concern for fact or reality) · de Realismus (concern for fact or reality) · sl realizem (concern for fact or reality) · he ריאליזם (concern for fact or reality) · ja 写実主義 (concern for fact or reality) · cmn 實在論 /实在论 (doctrine that universals are real) · bg реали́зъм (concern for fact or reality) · pl realizm (concern for fact or reality) · nl realisme (concern for fact or reality) · ga réadúlacht (concern for fact or reality) · yi רעאַליזם (concern for fact or reality) · da realismen (concern for fact or reality) · el πραγματισμός (concern for fact or reality) · hy իրատեսություն (concern for fact or reality) · cmn 現實主義 /现实主义 (concern for fact or reality) · ja リアリズム (concern for fact or reality)