ALL meanings of antirealism
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A a - noun antirealism the denial of an objective reality 3
- noun antirealism interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc. 1
- noun antirealism the tendency to view or represent things as they really are. 1
- noun antirealism Fine Arts. treatment of forms, colors, space, etc., in such a manner as to emphasize their correspondence to actuality or to ordinary visual experience. Compare idealism (def 4), naturalism (def 2). (usually initial capital letter) a style of painting and sculpture developed about the mid-19th century in which figures and scenes are depicted as they are experienced or might be experienced in everyday life. 1
- noun antirealism Literature. a manner of treating subject matter that presents a careful description of everyday life, usually of the lower and middle classes. a theory of writing in which the ordinary, familiar, or mundane aspects of life are represented in a straightforward or matter-of-fact manner that is presumed to reflect life as it actually is. Compare naturalism (def 1b). 1
- noun antirealism Philosophy. the doctrine that universals have a real objective existence. Compare conceptualism, nominalism. the doctrine that objects of sense perception have an existence independent of the act of perception. Compare idealism (def 5a). 1
- noun antirealism (philosophy) Any position involving denial of the objective reality of certain entities, or denial that certain general statements are objectively either true or false. 1