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What does realism mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word realism? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. A concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary.
  2. An artistic representation of reality as it is.
  3. (sciences) The viewpoint that an external reality exists independent of observation.
  4. (philosophy) A doctrine that universals are real—they exist and are distinct from the particulars that instantiate them.
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Yet when assessing the current situation, realism is also required, as well as precision about what is actually taking place.
His outburst blaming the vandals on the estate for frightening his wife to death, was a jarring moment of realism.
While it's possible to run most of today's sims from the keyboard, their realism improves dramatically with a joystick.
A certain notion of realism began not only to prescribe what could now happen, but to airbrush out what had actually happened.
Practical realism must dictate that there is no alternative but to maintain status quo on a permanent basis.
There are moments that will break your heart with their grim, bleak realism.

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