nonrealist
- adjective
- /ˌnɒnˈriːəlɪst/
- Formal
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no realista
- The film's nonrealist depiction of events allows for a more imaginative exploration of the characters' inner lives.
Examples
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As has been shown, the musicalization of Goldberg: Variations allows an aesthetically contained departure from traditional forms of storytelling, a departure that is motivated by a skeptical worldview and by nonrealist aesthetics.
Academic text (2003) -
In fact, self-reflexivity forms an important part of his nonrealist aesthetics and underlies his oeuvre in general, as well as Goldberg: Variations as an essentially metafictional novel.
Academic text (2003) -
What is significant for the purposes of this essay is that Dickens calls attention to his nonrealist joke on metonymy.
Academic text (2005) -
In a way, Musselwhite claims that Boz started as a realist and Dickens turned into a nonrealist, whatever we want to call that other entity.
Academic text (2005) -
Hence, postmodernist poetics is not, and has no reason to be committed to, a realist or nonrealist metaphysics regarding the existence or nonexistence of a world of objects.
Academic text (1995) -
This preliminary status of realism as an overall philosophical picture (or its nonrealist rejection) has to be taken into account when examining the explanatory potential philosophical realism holds for other disciplines.
Academic text (1995) -
The author's nonrealist style challenges conventional narratives and invites readers to explore fantastical ideas.
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In her latest novel, she employs a nonrealist approach, using magical elements to convey deeper truths about society.
Synonyms
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Art that does not show real things and focuses on color and shape
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Art that does not show real people or things but uses shapes and colors
Not showing things as they are in real life, often like a dream
Not meant to copy real things, often showing abstract shapes or colours
Art that does not show real people or things but uses shapes and colors
Not like real life and missing natural feeling
How Realistic
Surface Forms
Morphology
nonrealist = realist (transparent) = non + real + ist
The adjective is formed by straightforward prefixation: 'non-' negates the adjective 'realist'.
Etymology
The word nonrealist starts with non- meaning 'not' and the rest comes from real meaning 'true' or 'actual'. So, a nonrealist style or idea does not try to show real life but uses feeling, symbols, or imagination instead.