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realism
realism is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: As opposed to nominalism, the doctrine that genera and species are real things or entities, existing independently of our conceptions. According to realism the Universal exists ante rem (Plato), or in re (Aristotle). Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 8 senses
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- 1noun
As opposed to nominalism, the doctrine that genera and species are real things or entities, existing independently of our conceptions. According to realism the Universal exists ante rem (Plato), or in re (Aristotle).
- 2noun
As opposed to idealism, the doctrine that in sense perception there is an immediate cognition of the external object, and our knowledge of it is not mediate and representative.
- 3noun
Fidelity to nature or to real life; representation without idealization, and making no appeal to the imagination; adherence to the actual fact.
- 4noun
the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth
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- 5noun
(philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names
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- 6noun
(philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that physical objects continue to exist when not perceived
- 7noun
an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description
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- 8noun
the state of being actual or real
"the reality of his situation slowly dawned on him"
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