realism

On a superficial level, his plays, built around the emotional lives of his characters, can come off as a throwback to traditional realism.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

“As it stands now, it all just seems like magic realism: ‘We’re tough and we will bring inflation down to 2%, but I’m not going to explain to you how,’” Tetlow said.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

It mattered little that it had to drop its Scandinavian roots for Greek mythology -- the anachronism blended into the service of Nolan's brand of realism.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

"I sense a degree of realism that didn't exist in the past," he says.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

Ian Hacking, Larry Laudan and Andrew Pickering represent significant examples of people trying to avoid the pitfalls of both realism and relativism; I share that enterprise.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

He’s adept at creating different realisms and textures for each story line, variations that add layers of meaning.

From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2016

Perhaps the grittiest realisms could use a little light rebranding, granted – but even when money's tight, surely there should be a place for poetry ...

From The Guardian ● May 28, 2010

The feminine "shall I, shall I not" is woven into the fabric of a soundly constructed play, one that feels itself easily superior to the crude realisms of ordinary theatre.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hopper's realism had nothing to do with the prevalent realisms of the 1930s and '40s in American painting.

From Time Magazine Archive

But the history of the world has been that the so-called abnormalisms of one generation are the accepted, commonplace realisms of the succeeding types.

From Insights and Heresies Pertaining to the Evolution of the Soul by Anna Bishop Scofield