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Narrator: Today's word is "Realism" — noun, pronounced /ˈriːəlɪzəm/, with the stress on "re".
Narrator: Realism is accepting a situation as it is and dealing with it practically.
Narrator: In plain English, it means being practical, not dreamy.
Narrator: It comes from real plus -ism, from Latin realis, relating to things.
Narrator: A common collocation is "a sense of realism", which describes a practical attitude.
Narrator: It differs from "pessimism", because pessimism expects the worst, while realism expects what is likely.
Narrator: In a second sense, realism is an art and literature movement showing everyday life accurately.
Narrator: Art, literature, politics and philosophy all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: realism sees the world as it truly is.
Speaker A: Why did the painting look like a photograph?
Speaker B: That's REALISM! It comes from Latin realis, real.
Speaker A: No fantasy at all?
Speaker B: Just ordinary life, painted precisely.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "We need some realism about the budget", a meeting. "The game's realism is stunning", a review. "Courbet led French realism", art history.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Do not confuse realism with surrealism, which is dreamlike and strange.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Pragmatism is its cousin, naturalism its twin, and practicality an alternative — yet realism keeps its grounded charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "realism" in AI prompts — useful for game design and project planning.
Speaker A: How for games?
Speaker B: Tune detail.
Prompt: Suggest ways to add realism to a driving game’s physics without hurting performance.
Speaker A: And planning?
Speaker B: Check estimates.
Prompt: Review this project timeline and add realism by flagging any unlikely deadlines.
Speaker A: Could it help writing?
Speaker B: Yes, for dialogue.
Prompt: Rewrite this dialogue with more realism, using how people actually speak.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: An art lesson.
Prompt: Compare realism and impressionism using two famous paintings.
Realism — meaning in Arabic & definition More R courses GL Dictionary