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Realism vs Modernism - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between realism and modernism

is that realism is a concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary while modernism is modern or contemporary ideas, thought, practices, etc.

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 ----

    modernism

    English

    (wikipedia modernism)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) Modern or contemporary ideas, thought, practices, etc.
  • (countable) Anything that is characteristic of modernity.
  • any of several styles of art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc., that flourished in the 20th century
  • a religious movement in the early 20th century that tried to reconcile Roman Catholic dogma with modern science and philosophy

    • Derived terms

    * modernist * postmodernism English words suffixed with -ism ----