Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

realism

/ˈɹi.əlɪzəm/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.69 in modern English

Syllables
re-al-ism
IPA
/ˈɹi.əlɪzəm/
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

An artistic representation of reality as it is.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The viewpoint that an external reality exists independent of observation.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A doctrine that universals are real: they exist and are distinct from the particulars that instantiate them.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Classical Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin reālisder. Old French reelbor. Middle English real English real Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English realism From real + -ism.

Usage

Inflected Forms

realisms (plural)

Derived Forms

antirealism Eurorealism hyperrealism infrarealism Islamorealism macrorealism metarealism nonrealism overrealism photorealism pseudorealism semirealism

Phrases

capitalist realism depressive realism dirty realism hallucinatory realism hysterical realism indirect realism kitchen sink realism logical realism

Frequently Paired Words

idealism universalism realisticness

Synonyms

pragmatism platonism naive realism naturalism reality realness

Antonyms

nominalism antirealism

Questions

How do you pronounce realism?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹi.əlɪzəm/.
What does realism mean?
A concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary.
Where does realism come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Classical Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin reālisder. Old French reelbor. Middle English real English real Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English realism From real + -ism.

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