neo-realistn.adj.
/ˌniːə(ʊ)ˈrɪəlɪst/, U.S. /ˌnioʊˈriələst/ A. n.
A proponent or advocate of a new or revived form of realism; originally spec. = new realist n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > materialism > [noun] > new realism > adherent of
neo-realist1904
new realist1909
1904 J. Huneker Overtones i. v. 57 Naturally there is repellent music in the score; but then the neo-realists insist on truth, not on the pursuit of vague and decorative beauty.
1917 A. S. Pringle-Pattison Idea of God x. 191 The opening years of the twentieth century have been marked..by a strong attack on the fundamental tenet of Mentalism on the part of thinkers who call themselves Realists or Neo-Realists.
1931 G. F. Stout Mind & Matter 171 The Neo-Realist holds that when we see a star the star itself becomes in one aspect of its being an immediate content of our actual sense-experience.
1960 Guardian 30 Nov. 7/1 The rough-and-readiness of such Italian neo-realists as Rossellini.
1994 Lay Witness July–Aug. 4/2 Bazin was drawn to documentarists, like Flaherty and neorealists of the Italian school of cinema.
B. adj.
Of, relating to, or supporting neo-realism.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > materialism > [adjective] > of other doctrines and their advocates
objective1620
actualista1875
substantialist1878
activistic1907
activist1908
neo-realistic1909
neo-realist1912
new realist1947
society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [adjective] > specific movement or period
classical1546
pastoral1566
classic1597
Medicean1652
romantic1812
tedesco1814
realistic1829
realista1832
pseudo-classic1833
classicist1838
pseudo-classical1838
renaissant1839
modernist1848
post-classic1850
post-classical1851
pseudo-Gothic1853
classicizing1865
classicistic1866
serio-grotesque1873
geometric1877
neoclassical1877
modernistic1878
neoclassic1878
pseudo-archaic1878
William Morris1883
protocorinthian1884
veristic1884
William and Mary1886
Yuan1888
romanticistic1889
veritistic1894
auto-destructive1895
pre-Romantic1895
Trajanic1906
neo-realistic1909
New Romantic1909
neo-realist1912
futuristic1915
postmodern1916
Dada1918
Dadaist1918
surrealist1918
proto-Romantic1920
expressionistic1921
modernista1924
super-realist1925
superrealistic1925
postmodernist1926
proto-Baroque1926
post-symbolist1927
pre-modernist1927
surrealistic1930
Renaissancist1932
Colonial Revival1934
neo-baroque1935
socialist-realist1935
social realist1949
social realistic1949
kitchen sink1954
William IV1955
formalistic1957
Zhdanovite1957
neo-Dadaist1960
neo-modernist1960
William Morrisy1960
neo-Dada1962
Zhdanovist1966
conceptual1969
conceptualist1973
po-mo1987
pathetic1990
1912 Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 9 106 Dr. Cohen gave point to the discussion by disagreeing..that the neo-realist account of a stick appearing in water as bent was a self-contradiction.
1940 Mind 49 122 The ‘neo-realist’ positions of Russell, Alexander, and Whitehead.
1974 Times 11 Dec. 14/4 Downpour, a gentle neo-realist study of the difficulties of a young teacher.
2000 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 2 June 24/10 Bergman..began an affair with the famed neo-realist director in 1948.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.adj.1904