Synonyms for Realism
ˈri əˌlɪz əmre·al·ism

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1. realismnoun

   Antonyms:
   nominalism

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1. realism, pragmatismnoun

   the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth

   Synonyms:
   realism, naive realism, naturalism, realness, pragmatism, reality

2. reality, realness, realismnoun

   the state of being actual or real

   "the reality of his situation slowly dawned on him"

   Synonyms:
   realism, naive realism, world, naturalism, realness, pragmatism, reality

3. realism, naive realismnoun

   (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that physical objects continue to exist when not perceived

   Synonyms:
   realism, naive realism, naturalism, realness, pragmatism, reality

4. naturalism, realismnoun

   an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description

   Synonyms:
   realness, naive realism, naturalism, realism, pragmatism, reality

5. Platonism, realismnoun

   (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names

   Synonyms:
   realness, naive realism, naturalism, realism, pragmatism, reality

Matched Categories

1. • Actuality
   • Artistic Movement
   • Philosophical Doctrine
   • Philosophy
   • Practicality

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1. List of paraphrases for "realism":

   lifelike, pragmatism, reality, realistic, realist

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1. Jean Cocteau:

   True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us from seeing.

2. Russian President Vladimir Putin:

   There is no room for accommodating an apocalyptic cult like ISIL and the United States makes no apology for using our military as part of a broad coalition to go after it, realism dictates that compromise will be required to end the fighting and ultimately stamp out ISIL.

3. Hob Broun:

   Realism...has no more to do with reality than anything else.

4. Walter LaFeber:

   [H]is foreign policy displayed a realism, a careful calculation of forces and… diplomatic finesse…. Stalin’s priority was not world revolution but, once again, Russian security and his own personal power. (Feber, 1993, p. 22 of America, Russia and the Cold War 1945-1992.)

5. Ben Rhodes:

   What he’s always said is that if there’s a threat against us, we will act, but when it comes to shaping events in cultures that are foreign to the United States we have to have some degree of realism.