realism

noun
/ˈɹi.əlɪzəm/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Late Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Late 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 *-íďďō 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.

  1. derived from reelbor

Definitions

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

  2. An artistic representation of reality as it is.

  3. The viewpoint that an external reality exists independent of observation.

  4. + 1 more definition
    1. A doctrine that universals are real

      A doctrine that universals are real: they exist and are distinct from the particulars that instantiate them.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for realism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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