neorealist
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.46 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to the post World War II international relations movement of neorealism.
adj
Of or pertaining to the post-World War II Italian movement of neorealism, which focused on realistic portrayals of daily life.
adj
Of or pertaining to the neorealism movement in art, which emerged in Britain around 1914.
noun
An adherent of neorealism.
Example Sentences
- "If by “neorealism” you mean the opposite of manufactured effects, of the laws of dramaturgy, spectacle, and even of cinematography, then Rossellini has made the only neorealist films."
- "DeSanctis wasn't a neorealist; he was a follower of D'Annunzio, who took calendar-art shots of the sea."
- "Rossellini was one of a diverse group of filmmakers, including Luchino Visconti and Vittorio De Sica, who became known as neorealists for their determination to get out of the studio and rediscover a sense of gritty, working-class authenticity."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nu Proto-Indo-European *néwos Proto-Hellenic *néwos Ancient Greek νέος (néos) Ancient Greek νεο- (neo-)der. English neo- 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-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English realist English neorealist From neo- + realist.