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realism   (TTS Sound)

The noun realism has 5 senses

• realism, pragmatism -- (the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth)


• reality, realness, realism -- (the state of being actual or real; "the reality of his situation slowly dawned on him")


• realism, naive realism -- ((philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that physical objects continue to exist when not perceived)


• naturalism, realism -- (an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description)


• Platonism, realism -- ((philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names)