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realisms

realisms is the plural of realism.

Meaning of realism

Noun

realism (countable and uncountable, plural realisms)

  1. A concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary.
  2. An artistic representation of reality as it is.
  3. The viewpoint that an external reality exists independent of observation.
    • Lenin in fact confused epistemological realism with materialism (he repeats several times that materialism consists of recognizing 'objective material reality', 'independent of the subject'-but if so, nearly every Catholic philosopher is a materialist)1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in...
  4. A doctrine that universals are real: they exist and are distinct from the particulars that instantiate them.

Phrases with realisms

Questions about realisms

What is realisms the plural of?
Realisms is the plural of realism.

Words near realisms in the dictionary

  1. realises
  2. realisest
  3. realiseth
  4. realising
  5. realism
  6. realisms
  7. realist
  8. realistic
  9. realistically
  10. realisticity
  11. realisticness

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