anti-realism

noun

an·​ti-re·​al·​ism

ˌan-tē-ˈrē-ə-ˌli-zəm,

ˌan-tī- 

variants or antirealism

: opposition to or deliberate eschewal of realism especially in art and literature

There are as many different varieties of antirealism as there are of realism—perhaps more.

—Michael Boyd

anti-realist adjective

or antirealist

ˌan-tē-ˈrē-ə-list,

ˌan-tī- 

anti-realist art

anti-realist noun

or antirealist

Nineteenth-century antirealists invented various kinds of fantasy in order to free imagination from rational skepticism and diminish the reality principle's hold on narrative.

—Robert Higbie

Word History

First Known Use

1867, in the meaning defined above