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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024rep•re•sen•ta•tion•al•ism (rep′ri zen tā′shə nl iz′əm, -zən-),USA pronunciation n. - PhilosophyAlso called represen′tative re′alism. [Epistemology.]the view that the objects of perception are ideas or sense data that represent external objects, esp. the Lockean doctrine that the perceived idea represents exactly the primary qualities of the external object.
- Fine Artthe practice or principle of representing or depicting an object in a recognizable manner, esp. the portrayal of the surface characteristics of an object as they appear to the eye.
- representational + -ism 1895–1900
rep′re•sen•ta′tion•al•ist, n. rep′re•sen•ta′tion•al•is′tic, adj. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: representationalism /ˌrɛprɪzɛnˈteɪʃənəˌlɪzəm/, representationism n - the doctrine that in perceptions of objects what is before the mind is not the object but a representation of it
Compare presentationism - the practice or advocacy of attempting to depict objects, scenes, figures, etc, directly as seen
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