/'rɪəlɪzəm; `rɪəl,ɪzəm/ n [U]
1 attitudes and behaviour based on the acceptance of facts and the rejection of sentiment and illusion 现实主义的态度和行为.
2 (in art and literature) portrayal of familiar things as they really are without idealizing them （文艺的）现实主义, 写实主义. Cf 参看 classicism, romanticism (romantic).
3 (philosophy 哲) theory that matter has real existence independent of our perception of it 唯实论; 实在论. Cf 参看 idealism.

n[U]
the ability to accept and deal with difficult situations in a practical way, based on what is possible rather than what you would like to happen
　He has hope, but also a scientist's sense of realism.
the quality of being or seeming real
　the realism of the horses on the carousel
alsoRealism
the style of art and literature in which things, especially unpleasant things, are shown or described as they really are in life
→idealism, romanticism romanticism
　the tough realism of his early works