Modernism vs. Realism

Modernism and Realism Definitions
Modernism
Modern thought, character, or practice.
Realism
An inclination toward literal truth and pragmatism.
Modernism
Sympathy with or conformity to modern ideas, practices, or standards.
Realism
The representation in art or literature of objects, actions, or social conditions as they actually are, without idealization or presentation in abstract form.
Modernism
A peculiarity of usage or style, as of a word or phrase, that is characteristic of modern times.
Realism
The scholastic doctrine, opposed to nominalism, that universals exist independently of their being thought.
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Modernism
Often Modernism The deliberate departure from tradition and the use of innovative forms of expression that distinguish many styles in the arts and literature of the 1900s.
Realism
The modern philosophical doctrine, opposed to idealism, that objects exist independently of their being perceived.
Modernism
Often Modernism A Roman Catholic movement, officially condemned in 1907, that attempted to examine traditional belief according to contemporary philosophy, criticism, and historiography.
Realism
A concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary.
Modernism
(uncountable) Modern or contemporary ideas, thought, practices, etc.
Realism
An artistic representation of reality as it is.
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Modernism
(countable) Anything that is characteristic of modernity.
Realism
(sciences) The viewpoint that an external reality exists independent of observation.
Modernism
Any of several styles of art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc., that flourished in the 20th century.
Realism
(philosophy) A doctrine that universals are real—they exist and are distinct from the particulars that instantiate them.
Modernism
A religious movement in the early 20th century, condemned as heretical by Pope Pius X, which tried to reconcile Roman Catholic dogma with modern science and philosophy.
Realism
As opposed to nominalism, the doctrine that genera and species are real things or entities, existing independently of our conceptions. According to realism the Universal exists ante rem (Plato), or in re (Aristotle).
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Modernism
Modern practice; a thing of recent date; esp., a modern usage or mode of expression.
Realism
Fidelity to nature or to real life; representation without idealization, and making no appeal to the imagination; adherence to the actual fact.
Modernism
Certain methods and tendencies which, in Biblical questions, apologetics, and the theory of dogma, in the endeavor to reconcile the doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church with the conclusions of modern science, replace the authority of the church by purely subjective criteria; - so called officially by Pope Pius X.
Realism
The practise of assessing facts and the probabilities of the consequences of actions in an objective manner; avoidance of unrealistic or impractical beliefs or efforts. Contrasted to idealism, self-deception, overoptimism, overimaginativeness, or visionariness.
Modernism
Genre of art and literature that makes a self-conscious break with previous genres
Realism
The attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth
Modernism
The quality of being current or of the present;
A shopping mall would instill a spirit of modernity into this village
Realism
(philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that physical object continue to exist when not perceived
Modernism
Practices typical of contemporary life or thought
Realism
The state of being actual or real;
The reality of his situation slowly dawned on him
Realism
An artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description
Realism
(philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names