different between realism vs phenomenalism

English

Etymology

real +? -ism

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i.?l?zm/ enPR: REE-ahl-izm

Noun

realism (countable and uncountable, plural realisms)

1. A concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary.
2. An artistic representation of reality as it is.
3. (sciences) The viewpoint that an external reality exists independent of observation.
4. (philosophy) A doctrine that universals are real—they exist and are distinct from the particulars that instantiate them.

Antonyms

• (doctrine concerning universals): nominalism, antirealism

Hyponyms

• legal realism
• moral realism

Translations

See also

• idealism

References

• realism at OneLook Dictionary Search
• realism in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• "realism" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 257.
• realism in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Marlise, Raelism, Raëlism, almries, mailers, remails

Estonian

Noun

realism (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. realism

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Romanian

Etymology

From French réalisme.

Noun

realism n (uncountable)

1. realism

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

reell +? -ism

Noun

realism c

1. realism

Declension

Related terms

• realist
• realistisk

References

• Realism in Svenska Akademiens ordlista öfver svenska språket (6th ed., 1889)

English

Etymology

phenomenal +? -ism

Noun

phenomenalism (countable and uncountable, plural phenomenalisms)

1. (philosophy) The doctrine that physical objects exist only as perceptual phenomena or sensory stimuli

Translations