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# realism

«realism» in Mova's school dictionary: **Seeing and accepting things as they really are and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (realism, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Seeing and accepting things as they really are and dealing with them sensibly: «a sense of realism». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/realism/#m1)

2) (art, literature) Showing people and things as they really are, in a true-to-life way: «The painting's realism is amazing.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/realism/#m2)

3) (art history) Realism: an art and writing movement of the 1800s that showed ordinary everyday life honestly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/realism/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In art and English lessons realism means life-like pictures and believable stories; in everyday life it means being sensible about what can be done. In video games, realism means graphics that look real. Phrases: «a sense of realism», «with great realism», «realism and hope».

### examples

- The realism of the painting made the fruit look real enough to eat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/realism/#x1)
- The film's realism made the war scenes hard to watch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/realism/#x2)
- Some realism is needed: we can't build a pool by Friday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/realism/#x3)
- The game's realism is amazing; the rain looks real. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/realism/#x4)
- Writers like Dickens used realism to show the lives of the poor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/realism/#x5)
- Hope is good, but mix it with realism. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/realism/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. Related: real, realist, realistic, reality. Opposites in art: fantasy, abstract art. Being realistic is different from being negative; it means seeing the facts clearly.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «realism» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/realism/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.