Etymology

pseudorealism

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Today it means: A dramatic or artistic technique in which an altered view of reality is presented as being real. Full definition →

English realism ← Middle English real ← Old French ree
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  1. Ancient Greekψεύδω (pseúdō)
  2. Ancient Greekψευδής (pseudḗs)
  3. Middle Englishpseudo-
  4. Englishpseudo-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁ís
  7. Proto-Italic*reis
  8. Classical Latinrēs
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  11. Late Latinreālis
  12. Old Frenchree
  13. Middle Englishreal
  14. Englishreal
  15. Englishrealism
  16. English todaypseudorealism

From pseudo- + realism.

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