Magic realism, an artistic genre in which magical elements appear in an otherwise realistic setting.

Realism (arts), the lifelike depiction of subjects, without embellishment or interpretation. a big aspect of literature.

Platonic realism, a philosophy articulated by Plato, positing the existence of universals.

Moral realism, the view in philosophy that there are objective moral values, and a rejection of moral relativism.

Scientific realism, a view in the philosophy of science about the nature of scientific success.

New Realism, an artistic movement founded in 1960 by Pierre Restany and Yves Klein.

Critical realism, a philosophy of perception concerned with the accuracy of human sense-data.

Aesthetic Realism, the philosophy founded by the American poet and critic Eli Siegel.

Right Realism, in criminology, the ideological view on the phenomenon of crime from a right-wing perspective.

Realistic is a discontinued brand of sound equipment made by RadioShack.

Socialist realism, a style of propaganda art associated with Communism.

Left realism, in criminology, the ideological view on the phenomenon of crime from a left-wing perspective.

Legal realism, a family of theories whose essential tenet is that all law is made by human beings and thus subject to human foibles, frailties and imperfections.

Nazi heroic realism, a style of propaganda art associated with Nazi Germany.

Realism (international relations), a set of theories sharing a common theme that the primary motivation of states is the desire for power or security, rather than ideals or ethics.

Direct realism, a theory of perception claiming that the senses provide direct awareness of the external world.

Photorealism, the genre of painting that resembles photography.

Representative realism, the view in philosophy that we do not (and cannot) perceive the external world directly, but know only our ideas or interpretations of objects in the world.

Modal realism, a philosophy propounded by David Lewis, that possible worlds are as real as the actual world.

Hyper-realism, in semiotics and postmodern philosophy, a term for the inability of consciousness to distinguish reality from fantasy, especially in technologically advanced postmodern cultures.

Philosophical realism, the belief that reality exists independently of observers.

Classical Realism, an artistic movement in late 20th Century painting that valued beauty and artistic skill, and combined elements of 19th Century Neoclassicism with Realism.

Tactical realism, a genre of combat simulations in computer gaming.

In philosophy, the term anti-realism is used to describe any position involving either the denial of an objective reality of entities of a certain type or the denial that verification-transcendent statements about a type of entity are either true or...

Liberal realism, also known as the "English school of international relations theory", a branch of 'political realism' maintaining that, despite the condition of 'international anarchy', there exists a 'society of states'.

Social realism, an artistic movement which depicts working class activities.

Local realism, the combination of the principle of locality with the "realistic" assumption that all objects must objectively have pre-existing values for any possible measurement before these measurements are made.

Neorealism, or structural realism, a theory of international relations outlined by Kenneth Waltz arguing in favor of a systemic, international structure acting as a constraint on state behavior.

Quasi-realism, an expressivist meta-ethical theory which asserts that though our moral claims are projectivist we understand them in realist terms as part of our ethical experience of the world.

Realism (visual arts), this philosophy as applied to visual arts.

New realism (philosophy), a school of early 20th-century epistemology rejecting epistemological dualism.

Cornell realism, a view in meta-ethics, associated with the work of Richard Boyd, Nicholas Sturgeon, David Brink, and Peter Railton.

Naive realism, a theory of perception thought to be representative of most people's understanding and method of interpretation of their perceptions.

Depressive realism, a contested theory that individuals suffering from clinical depression have a more accurate view of reality.

Romantic realism, an aesthetic art term popularized by writer/philosopher Ayn Rand.

Kitchen sink realism, an English cultural movement in the 1950s and 1960s in theatre, art, novels, film and television, that concentrated on social realism relevant to contemporary audiences.

Offensive realism, similar to defensive realism in international relations, but also posits that anarchy on the world stage allows states to expand, and that states will exploit opportunities to expand whenever they are presented.

Transcendental realism, a concept stemming from the philosophy of Immanuel Kant, implying individuals have a perfect understanding of the limitations of their own minds.

Entity realism, a philosophical position within the debate about scientific realism, declining commitment to judgments concerning the truth of scientific theories.

Poetic realism, a film movement in France in the 1930s that used a heightened aestheticism, which sometimes drew attention to the representational aspects of the films.

Realism (dramatic arts), the depiction of subjects on stage as they appear in everyday life.

Organic realism, the metaphysics of Alfred North Whitehead, now known as process philosophy.

Constructive realism, a philosophy of science developed in the late 1980s by Friedrich Wallner, aimed at maintaining traditional convictions of scientific knowledge while acknowledging relativism.

Ethnographic realism, a style of ethnographic writing in anthropology and other social sciences, which narrates the author's experiences and observations as if the reader were witnessing events first-hand.

Defensive realism, a variant of realism in international relations coined by Stephen Walt, which looks at states as rational players who are the primary actors in world affairs, and that anarchy on the world stage causes states to increase their security, resulting in greater instability.

Mystical realism, a philosophy concerning the nature of the divine, advanced by the Russian philosopher Nikolai Alexandrovich Berdyaev.

Subaltern realism, a theory of international relations emphasizing the divergence of Third World conditions from those of industrialized core states, and proposing an alternative conceptualization of security to that proposed by neorealism.

Democratic Realism, a foreign policy strategy advanced in 2004 by Charles Krauthammer, calling for the US to spread democracy by force to strategically vital areas throughout the globe, particularly the Middle East.

Moderate realism, a position in the metaphysics of universals holding that universals are located in space and time wherever they are manifest.

Australian realism or Australian materialism, a 20th Century school of philosophy in Australia, which founded the functionalist token identity theory of consciousness and the stronger type identity theory.

Epistemological realism, metaphysical position maintaining knowledge of an object independent of mind.

Christian Realism, a philosophy advocated by Reinhold Niebuhr, asserting that the "kingdom of heaven" ideal is one's supreme concern, but which cannot be realized on Earth.

Irrealism has two main meanings: In philosophy, Irrealism is the common name for a position first advanced by Nelson Goodman in Ways of Worldmaking. In the arts and critical theory Irrealism refers to both a style that features an estrangement from our...

Realism (album), a 2006 album by the German electronic band Steril.

Fantastic realism, a 20th century group of artists in Vienna that combined techniques of the Old Masters with religious and esoteric symbolism.