Realism Synonyms and Antonyms

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Synonyms for Realism

naturalness
The state or quality of being natural.
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verisimilitude
Something having the mere appearance of being true or real
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pragmatism
A method or tendency in philosophy, originating with C. S. Peirce and William James, that determines the meaning and truth of all concepts by their practical consequences
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authenticity
The quality or condition of being authentic, trustworthy, or genuine.
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verism
Realism or naturalism in the arts
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platonism
Alternative capitalization of Platonism
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naive realism
(philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that physical objects continue to exist when not perceived
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realness
The state of being real; reality.
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Antonyms for Realism

unreality
The state or quality of being unreal
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Words Related to Realism

idealism
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realist
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aesthetic
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subtlety
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reality
The state of being actual or real.
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nominalism
The doctrine holding that abstract concepts, general terms, or universals have no independent existence but exist only as names.
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nihilism
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Realism Sentence Examples

  • His realism enables him to maintain the reality of Time, and so of the process of the world's redemption.

  • Hamilton (Discussions, p. 197) allows greater sagacity to Collier than to Berkeley, on the ground that he did not vainly attempt to enlist men's natural belief against the hypothetical realism of the philosophers.

  • Finally the theory defined is opposed to all forms of realism, whether in the older form which sought to reduce mind to a function of matter, or in any of the newer forms which seek for the ultimate essence of both mind and matter in some unknown force or energy which, while in itself it is neither, yet contains the potentiality of both.

  • In this list are included of course all shades of opinion, from extreme Nominalism to extreme Realism.

  • Latin poetry is more rich in the expression of personal feeling than of dramatic realism.

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