realism

Other forms of realism

plural

realisms·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about realism

What does realism mean?

realism means "the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in realism?

realism has 3 syllables: re-a-lism. The stress falls on "re". In IPA it is /ˈɹiəlɪzm/.

What is another word for realism?

Close synonyms include pragmatism, reality, realness, naive realism, naturalism. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is realism a common word?

realism is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.