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Realism vs Commonsense - What's the difference?

realism | commonsense |

As a noun realism

is a concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary.

As an adjective commonsense is

exhibiting or using common sense.

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

    * English words suffixed with -ism ----

    commonsense

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Exhibiting or using common sense