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Realism vs Allegory - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between realism and allegory

is that realism is a concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary while allegory is the representation of abstract principles by characters or figures.

realism

English

(wikipedia realism)

Noun

  • A concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary
  • An artistic representation of reality as it is
  • (sciences) The viewpoint that an external reality exists independent of observation
  • (philosophy) A doctrine that universals are real—they exist and are distinct from the particulars that instantiate them

    • Antonyms

    * (doctrine concerning universals) nominalism

    See also

    * idealism

    Anagrams

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    allegory

    English

    Noun

    (allegories) (wikipedia allegory)
  • The representation of abstract principles by characters or figures.
  • A picture, book, or other form of communication using such representation.
  • A symbolic representation which can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, usually a moral or political one.

    • Derived terms

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