Synonym: Platonism, naive realism, naturalism, pragmatism, reality, realness. Similar words: realistic, vandalism, realize, journalism, pluralism, socialism, mutualism, federalism. Meaning: [rɪəlɪzm] 
n. 1. the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth 2. (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that physical objects continue to exist when not perceived 3. the state of being actual or real 4. an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description 5. (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names.
n. 1. the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth 2. (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that physical objects continue to exist when not perceived 3. the state of being actual or real 4. an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description 5. (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names. 
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121. The artist portrayed images of daily life in his native town of Ocotlan with vivid colors, surrealism and magical realism.
122. They will say he has dragged his party, albeit kicking and screaming, into the land of realism.
123. Realism directed its challenge to the attempt to construct an autonomous science of law which was rooted in legal positivism.
124. First, there was the social realism of the Glasgow slums.
125. Indeed Bratby's and Diebenkorn's works are stylistically closer to Expressionism than to mimetic realism.
126. Whichever way I turn my eyes, he cried, I see nothing to threaten Realism.
127. Throughout the Gingrich probe, Cole has had to temper his crusading instincts with political realism.
128. It fostered an atmosphere of intimidation and blackmail within which realism came to sound like racism.
129. And realism, it is argued, is a poor basis for belief.
130. It seems the filmmakers are aiming for a dose of magical realism, dried-out, reconstituted and completely misunderstood.
131. There a new realism and prices are coming down to sensible levels.
132. The new realism owed nothing in technique or substance to the romances of Tolkien and Lewis.
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133. As well as realism, tactical prudence restricts the number of candidates they present.
134. By our own poverty of spirit, we begin to gain a new realism about life and the way we ourselves live.
135. For all the talk about a new consensus and a new realism, however, a number of issues remain open.
136. But then she also thinks Eldorado is full of gritty realism!
137. Realism was needed in providing new services because of resource constraints.
138. It was first seen publicly in the sixth Impressionist Exhibition in 1881, when its astonishing realism shocked many contemporary critics.
139. David Pountney s production melds lyrical symbolism with unflinching realism to unforgettable effect.
140. In a triumph of optimism over realism, the Fontis left New York for their vacation.
141. Realism signifies a love, or at least an acceptance, of diversity.
142. As its name implies, it has affinities with Realism, while rejecting its simpler canons.
143. Big doses of realism enable you to avoid negativity.
144. I shall never gird at realism.
145. Realism , economy, sensuousness, beauty(sentencedict.com), magic.
146. So, a relatively complete discussion is given to exam the demonstrations of magic realism 's artistic principles in Beloved and the ways they convey the themes of different concerns in the thesis.
147. It would seem far from being unrealistic, Socrates engages what we might call maybe a kind of Socratic realism.
148. From the angle of theoretical innovation, offensive realism theory is just a kind of degraded realism theory, and its theoretic scholarship is jolly limitary.
149. Order and justice are two basic value inclinations and realism, liberalism and revolutionism are three basic theoretical traditions.
150. To begin with, he applied himself to the idea of realism.
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