Synonyms for realism
ˈri əˌlɪz əmre·al·ism

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1. realismnoun

   Antonyms:
   nominalism

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1. realism, pragmatismnoun

   the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth

   Synonyms:
   naive realism, naturalism, realness, pragmatism, reality

2. reality, realness, realismnoun

   the state of being actual or real

   "the reality of his situation slowly dawned on him"

   Synonyms:
   naive realism, world, naturalism, realness, pragmatism, reality

3. realism, naive realismnoun

   (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that physical objects continue to exist when not perceived

   Synonyms:
   naive realism, naturalism, realness, pragmatism, reality

4. naturalism, realismnoun

   an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description

   Synonyms:
   realness, naive realism, naturalism, pragmatism, reality

5. Platonism, realismnoun

   (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names

   Synonyms:
   realness, naive realism, naturalism, pragmatism, reality

Matched Categories

1. • Actuality
   • Artistic Movement
   • Philosophical Doctrine
   • Philosophy
   • Practicality

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1. List of paraphrases for "realism":

   lifelike, pragmatism, reality, realistic, realist

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1. Jean Cocteau:

   True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us from seeing.

2. Adam Valdez:

   We were very subtle with it ... Every tiny adjustment to say just how much eyes open or close, how much eye whites you see on the inside or outside of the irises, they all have an emotional meaning for us as humans, but if ... you push it, you snap the connection of the photo realism of the image that you're seeing with behavior that is of a different sort ... It was a very tricky thing.

3. Walter LaFeber:

   [H]is foreign policy displayed a realism, a careful calculation of forces and… diplomatic finesse…. Stalin’s priority was not world revolution but, once again, Russian security and his own personal power. (Feber, 1993, p. 22)

4. Ben Rhodes:

   What he’s always said is that if there’s a threat against us, we will act, but when it comes to shaping events in cultures that are foreign to the United States we have to have some degree of realism.

5. Honore De Balzac:

   Imagination helps bring out the realism of every detail and only sees the beauties of the work.