realism
/ˈɹi.əlɪzəm/ noun C1- A concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary.
- An artistic representation of reality as it is.
- The viewpoint that an external reality exists independent of observation.
- A doctrine that universals are real: they exist and are distinct from the particulars that instantiate them.
Plural realisms
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Instead of striving for photographic realism, they sought to convey the profound emotional resonance and majestic grandeur of the natural environment.
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