Sarcasm vs Realism - What's the difference?
sarcasm | realism |
(uncountable) A sharp form of humor, intended to hurt, that is marked by mocking with irony, sometimes conveyed in speech with vocal over-emphasis. Insincerely saying something which is the opposite of one's intended meaning, often to emphasize how unbelievable or unlikely it sounds if taken literally, thereby illustrating the obvious nature of one's intended meaning.
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(countable) An act of sarcasm.
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