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Realism is a representation of how things really are, or being practical and facing facts.

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An example of realism is the rejection of mythical beings.

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noun

a tendency to face facts and be practical rather than imaginative or visionary
the picturing in art and literature of people and things as they really appear to be, without idealizing
Philos.
1. the doctrine that universal or abstract terms are objectively actual
2. the doctrine that material objects exist in themselves, apart from the mind's consciousness of them

Origin: < Ger realismus < ModL < ML realis, real + -ismus, -ism

See realism in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

An inclination toward literal truth and pragmatism.
The representation in art or literature of objects, actions, or social conditions as they actually are, without idealization or presentation in abstract form.
Philosophy
a. The scholastic doctrine, opposed to nominalism, that universals exist independently of their being thought.
b. The modern philosophical doctrine, opposed to idealism, that physical objects exist independently of their being perceived.

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