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realism

noun

Definition of REALISM

realistic depiction in art and literature <using ordinary people as models, even when depicting the greatest of saints, Caravaggio brought an unforgiving realism to painting that was unprecedented>

Synonyms literalism, naturalism, realism, representationalism, verismo

Related Words photo-realism; authenticity, grittiness

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