realism
Example Sentences
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When it steps outside its own borders, the country’s idealism can often augment its realism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 10, 2026
"I sense a degree of realism that didn't exist in the past," he says.
From BBC • Jul. 5, 2026
The spinoff is sad face-saving for a failed content-plus-distribution strategy, but there’s hope for an even greater realism potentially to win out.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026
Time Out said the film was a cross between "Greek tragedy" and "British social realism", calling actress Leisa Gwenllian - who portrays Effi - "formidable", while The Guardian described the film as a "sensation".
From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026
Hilary Putnam claimed in 1975 that realism, the belief that science gets at the truth, ‘is the only philosophy that doesn’t make the success of science a miracle’.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing realism
Power Suffix: -ism
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The Suffix -ism, Part 1
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Reading: Literature - Middle School
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