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

Examples of anti-realism in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This group was anti-realism and pro spirituality, imagination, and dreams and used suggestion, signs, and images to get their message across. —Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 11 July 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1867, in the meaning defined above