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What does the word realism mean?

Part of speech: noun

In art and literature the depicting of things as they are held really to exist, without reference to any ideal standard.

Part of speech: noun

Philos. ( 1) The doctrine that the mind perceives real external objects and not merely its own impressions; opposed to idealism. ( 2) The doctrine that general conceptions, as mankind, whiteness, virtue, exist as realities, apart from individual objects; opposed to nominalism.

Usage examples for realism

It has the double merit of absolute similarity in cadence and lifelike realism. – Collections and Recollections by George William Erskine Russell
This passion for realism is everywhere.... – Poor Relations by Compton Mackenzie

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