realism
1 n-uncount When people show realism in their behaviour, they recognize and accept the true nature of a situation and try to deal with it in a practical way., (approval)
It was time now to show more political realism...
2 n-uncount If things and people are presented with realism in paintings, stories, or films, they are presented in a way that is like real life.,
(approval)
Greene's stories had an edge of realism that made it easy to forget they were fiction...
magic realism , magical realism
Magic realism is a style of writing or painting which sometimes describes dreams as though they were real, and real events as though they were dreams. n-uncount