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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: REALISM (0.00829 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to REALISM.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: realism realisme
English → English (WordNet) Definition: realism realism n 1: the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth [syn: pragmatism] 2: (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that physical object continue to exist when not perceived [syn: naive realism] 3: the state of being actual or real; “the reality of his situation slowly dawned on him” [syn: reality, realness] [ant: unreality] 4: an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description [syn: naturalism] 5: (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names [syn: Platonism]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Realism Realism \Re"al*ism\ (r[=e]"al*[i^]z'm), n. [Cf. F. r['e]alisme.] 1. (Philos.) (a) 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). (b) 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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Art & Lit.) Fidelity to nature or to real life; representation without idealization, and making no appeal to the imagination; adherence to the actual fact. [1913 Webster] 3. the practise of assessing facts and the probabilities of the consequences of actions in an objective manner; avoidance of unrealistic or impractical beliefs or efforts. Contrasted to idealism, self-deception, overoptimism, overimaginativeness, or visionariness. [PJC]

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