as in naturalism
realistic depiction in art and literature
using ordinary people as models, even when depicting the greatest of saints, Caravaggio brought an unforgiving realism to painting that was unprecedented
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And the show’s jittery surrealism feels more evocative of contemporary paranoia than the flawed realism of so many recent thrillers (ahem, Zero Day, ahem).
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Judy Berman, TIME, 27 Feb. 2025
The result was fresh and grounded in realism, rather than too outré.
—Ranyechi Udemezue, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2025
This is not a class of TV known for its devotion to realism or logic.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2025
Each of these films belongs to its own genre—action/adventure, sci-fi/drama, and drama/history, respectively—and none of them seems interested in the filmic tradition of documentary realism, not even the bio-pic.
—Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025
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Judy Berman, TIME, 27 Feb. 2025
The result was fresh and grounded in realism, rather than too outré.
—Ranyechi Udemezue, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2025
This is not a class of TV known for its devotion to realism or logic.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2025
Each of these films belongs to its own genre—action/adventure, sci-fi/drama, and drama/history, respectively—and none of them seems interested in the filmic tradition of documentary realism, not even the bio-pic.
—Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025
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“Realism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/realism. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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