realism

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[ˈrɪəlɪz(ə)m], (Noun)

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- the attitude or practice of accepting a situation as it is and being prepared to deal with it accordingly
(e.g: the summit was marked by a new mood of realism)

- the quality or fact of representing a person or thing in a way that is accurate and true to life
(e.g: British soaps will stay because of their gritty realism)

- the doctrine that universals or abstract concepts have an objective or absolute existence. The theory that universals have their own reality is sometimes called Platonic realism because it was first outlined by Plato's doctrine of ‘forms’ or ideas


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definition by Oxford Dictionaries