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Related topics:1 the ability to accept and deal with difficult situations in a practical way, based on what is possible rather than what you would like to happen : 
He has hope, but also a scientist's sense of realism.
He has hope, but also a scientist's sense of realism.2 the quality of being or seeming real : the realism of the horses on the carousel
the realism of the horses on the carousel3 also RealismA the style of art and literature in which things, especially unpleasant things, are shown or described as they really are in life [↪ idealism, romanticism]: the tough realism of his early works
the tough realism of his early works