metarealism

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noun

A direction in Russian poetry and art that was born in the 1970s to the 1980s, synonymous to metaconscience, which means beyond psychological consciousness, beyond a subjective psychological polarized view of reality.

OriginEnglish realism ← Middle English real ← Old French ree →
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Meanings

nounmetarealism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA direction in Russian poetry and art that was born in the 1970s to the 1980s, synonymous to metaconscience, which means beyond psychological consciousness, beyond a subjective psychological polarized view of reality.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*me
  2. Proto-Indo-European*meth₂?
  3. Ancient Greekμετᾰ́ (metắ)
  4. Ancient Greekμετᾰ- (metă-)
  5. Englishmeta-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁ís
  8. Proto-Italic*reis
  9. Classical Latinrēs
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  12. Late Latinreālis
  13. Old Frenchree
  14. Middle Englishreal
  15. Englishreal
  16. Englishrealism
  17. Englishmetarealism

From meta- + realism.

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