realism
re|al|ism /r'iːəlɪzəm/
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When people show realism in their behaviour, they recognize and accept the true nature of a situation and try to deal with it in a practical way.
It was time now to show more political realism...
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If things and people are presented with realism in paintings, stories, or films, they are presented in a way that is like real life.
Greene's stories had an edge of realism that made it easy to forget they were fiction...mag|ic re|al|ism
also magical realism
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Magic realism is a style of writing or painting which sometimes describes dreams as though they were real, and real events as though they were dreams.
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
When people show realism in their behaviour, they recognize and accept the true nature of a situation and try to deal with it in a practical way.
It was time now to show more political realism...
2 [N-UNCOUNT]
If things and people are presented with realism in paintings, stories, or films, they are presented in a way that is like real life.
Greene's stories had an edge of realism that made it easy to forget they were fiction...mag|ic re|al|ism
also magical realism
[N-UNCOUNT]
Magic realism is a style of writing or painting which sometimes describes dreams as though they were real, and real events as though they were dreams.