realism — OET

realism

noun

1 his optimism was tinged with realism:

pragmatism, practicality, matter-of-factness, common sense, level-headedness, clear-sightedness.

2 both stories show life in a mining town with some degree of realism:

authenticity, fidelity, verisimilitude, truthfulness, faithfulness, naturalism;

informal telling it like it is.

realism Oxford Dictionary of English