- 1a way of seeing, accepting, and dealing with situations as they really are without being influenced by your emotions or false hopes There was a new mood of realism among the leaders at the peace talks.
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- 2(in novels, paintings, movies, etc.) the quality of being very like real life the gritty realism of the new drama serial
- 3Realism a style in art or literature that shows things and people as they are in real life compare idealism, romanticism
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