New Realism

noun

, Philosophy.

1. neorealism.

Other Words From

• New Realist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of New Realism¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

It is significant that Perry holds (New Realism, p. 150) that "sensing" is per se a case of knowing.

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Every form of Idealism had to ask itself seriously how it was going to "struggle for life" with this new Realism.

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The beauty of this new realism was that it required imagination, as it always does, to see truth.

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The new realism finds that it is instrumental simply to knowledge of objects.

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Down with the new realism—which only recalls to us the bitterness and meanness of our mediocre existence.

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