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   realism

   /ˈrɪəlɪz(ə)m/

   noun

   • 1. the attitude or practice of accepting a situation as it is and being prepared to deal with it accordingly: "the summit was marked by a new mood of realism" Similar pragmatismpracticalitymatter-of-factnesscommon senselevel-headednessclear-sightedness
   • ▪ the view that the subject matter of politics is political power, not matters of principle: "political realism is the oldest approach to global politics"
   • ▪ the doctrine that the law is better understood by analysis of judges rather than the judgements given: "modern jurists have tended to underestimate the scope of American legal realism"
   • 2. the quality or fact of representing a person or thing in a way that is accurate and true to life: "British soaps will stay because of their gritty realism" Similar authenticityfidelityverisimilitudetruthfulnessfaithfulnessnaturalisminformal:telling it like it is
   • ▪ an artistic or literary movement or style characterized by the representation of people or things as they actually are.
   • 3. the doctrine that universals or abstract concepts have an objective or absolute existence. The theory that universals have their own reality is sometimes called Platonic realism because it was first outlined by Plato's doctrine of ‘forms’ or ideas.
   • ▪ the doctrine that matter as the object of perception has real existence and is neither reducible to universal mind or spirit nor dependent on a perceiving agent.

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