Meanings
nounneorealism (usually uncountable, plural neorealisms)
plural neorealisms · alternative neo-realism
- uncountableusuallyartA movement in art, literature and (especially in Italy) cinema, shortly after the Second World War, that concentrated on real life.
Italy, likewise starting afresh after Fascism and defeat, has created a brilliant neo-realism. What is holding Germany back?
1957 March 28, Friedrich Luft, “The Postwar Film”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2025 - uncountableusuallypolitical scienceA theory of international relations based on the idea that power is the most important factor.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*nu
- Proto-Indo-European*néwos
- Proto-Hellenic*néwos
- Ancient Greekνέος (néos)
- Ancient Greekνεο- (neo-)
- Englishneo-
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁ís
- Proto-Italic*reis
- Classical Latinrēs
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Late Latinreālis
- Old Frenchree
- Middle Englishreal
- Englishreal
- Englishrealism
- Englishneorealism
Translations
Finnish uusrealismi
- uusrealismimovement in art
Italian neorealismo
- neorealismomovement in art
Cite this entry
APA
neorealism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neorealism
MLA
“neorealism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neorealism. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “neorealism,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neorealism.
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