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Synonyms for realism
ˈri əˌlɪz əmre·al·ism

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  1. realismnoun

    Antonyms:
    nominalism

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. realism, pragmatismnoun

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

    Synonyms:
    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:
    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:
    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, pragmatism, reality

  5. Platonism, realismnoun

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

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

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "realism":

    lifelike, pragmatism, reality, realistic, realist

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How to use realism in a sentence?

  1. 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.

  2. Kamakshya Trivedi:

    The pace of implementing reforms has indeed been more disappointing than we or the market consensus had hoped, but a bit of realism is necessary.

  3. Kacen Callender:

    Because I write contemporary, magical realism and speculative for both children and adults, I spend a lot of time thinking about real settings for the contemporary books and the pieces that could be taken from those places to create fantasy spaces. But I also like to look for the magic in the real world…

  4. Rafael Cestero:

    There has to be some realism in what we expect a government agency to actually do.

  5. Dimitris Papadimoulis:

    If the lenders show the same realism that the Greek government and the Greek Prime Minister is showing, then we can have a deal in principle by Friday or before Friday.


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