Synonyms:
realism, pragmatism
Meaning: the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth
Synonyms:
reality, realness, realism
Meaning: the state of being actual or real; "the reality of his situation slowly dawned on him"
Synonyms:
realism, naive_realism
Meaning: (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that physical objects continue to exist when not perceived
Usage examples
But it is a less tedious realism than that of Tolstoy or Turgenev.
No action was too small, no emotion too insignificant, for his uncompromising realism.
Liking realism, does he read Howells or the blood-curdling serial entitled "Piping the Mystery"?
By flattening my nose against the glass I could see that the place where those chaps had waited was empty; but in case the taxi was only turning, and meant to pass the house again, I lit the room once more, for realism.