Realism
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Realism [ree-uh-liz-uhm]

NOUN

NOUN

  • Interest in reality and rejection of impractical and visionary.

  • The practice of referring to things as they are in reality.

  • The act of accepting a situation as it is and following practical ways to deal with it.

  • The act of representing in a way that is like real life.

Example

"He has a sense of realism on how to eradicate poverty."

"The party has shown political realism over the year."

Synonyms

Reality, Truth, Verisimilitude, Naturalness, Literalism, Verismo

Antonyms

Impractical, Visionary, Imaginative