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realism

🇬🇧 UK/'riәlizm/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

n.

Acceptance of things as they actually are; an artistic style depicting reality accurately; the philosophical view that objects exist independently of perception.

现实主义;写实主义;实在论

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
realactual, existing, thing
+
ismdoctrine, belief, practice
=realism

Common Collocations

  • 1.gritty realism粗粝的现实主义
  • 2.sense of realism现实感
  • 3.political realism政治现实主义
  • 4.magic realism魔幻现实主义

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    His novel is praised for its gritty realism in portraying urban poverty.

  • 2.

    A degree of realism is necessary when setting long-term career goals.

  • 3.

    Nineteenth-century realism in painting sought to depict everyday life without idealization.

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