realism [ree-uh-liz-uhm]
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realism [ree-uh-liz-uhm]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: authenticity
Synonyms: naturalness, reality, truth, verisimilitude, verism, verity
Main Entry: reality
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: facts of existence
Synonyms: absoluteness, actuality, authenticity, being, bottom line, brass tacks, certainty, concreteness, corporeality, deed, entity, existence, genuineness, how things are, like it is, materiality, matter, name of the game, nuts and bolts, object, palpability, perceptibility, phenomenon, presence, real world, realism, realness, sensibility, solidity, substance, substantiality, substantive, tangibility, truth, validity, verisimilitude, verity, way of it, what's what
Antonyms: belief, fantasy, hypothesis, imagination, theory
Main Entry: truth
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: honesty, loyalty
Synonyms: authenticity, candor, constancy, dedication, devotion, dutifulness, faith, faithfulness, fidelity, frankness, integrity, openness, realism, revelation, sincerity, uprightness, veridicality, verity
Antonyms: dishonesty, disloyalty, falsehood, lie, misrepresentation
Main Entry: verisimilitude
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: authenticity
Synonyms: color, credibility, genuineness, likeliness, likeness, plausibility, realism, resemblance, semblance, show, similarity, virtual reality
Antonyms: falseness, impossibility
Main Entry: slice of life
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: realistic account of life experience
Synonyms: episode of actual experience, faithful rendering, graphic account, lifelikeness, naturalistic description, photographic realism, realism, realistic description, realistic representation, tranche de vie, vraisemblance
Main Entry: steadfastness
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: fidelity
Synonyms: accuracy, adherence, adhesion, allegiance, attachment, closeness, constancy, correspondence, exactitude, exactness, faithfulness, fealty, loyalty, naturalism, preciseness, precision, realism, scrupulousness, verism
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Main Entry: truth
Part of Speech: noun
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Adjectives:
particular, sound, accurate, actual, apodictic, as good as one's word, authentic, bona fide, candid, categorically true, certain, constant, correct, curious, definite, delicate, exact, faithful, fine, frank, genuine, guileless, honest, in its true colors, ingenuous, just, legitimate, literal, mathematical, natural, nice, official, open, open, ostensible, outspoken, precise, punctual, pure, real, realistic, religiously exact, right, rigid, rigorous, scientific, scrupulous, simple, solid, sterling, straightforward, strict, substantial, substantially true, tangible, true, true, true as gospel, true to the letter, trustworthy, truthful, unadulterated, unaffected, uncolored, unconfuted, undisguised, undissembling, undistorted, unerring, unexaggerated, unfeigned, unflattering, unideal, unimagined, unimpeachable, unperjured, unrefuted, unreserved, unromantic, unsophisticated, unvarnished, valid, veracious, veridical, veritable, well, well
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