A model of aesthetics that prioritizes higher degrees of visual fidelity and/ or physics simulations in a work.
While realism describes specific works, realisticism describes the mindset that judges or critics may have when viewing them. Contemporarily appears most often in the discussion of video game graphics, juxtaposed against those who advocate for artistic stylization.
The largest critique of realisticism is that its proponents fail to "see the forest for the trees," confusing likeness to reality for immersion; if things necessarily had to be accurate to reality to be appreciated, the fantasy genre as we know it wouldn't exist.
If it wasn't for the average person's wonton realisticism, maybe we'd see cooler designs in video games. Does anyone /really/ need to see their virtual horse crap itself every five minutes?
Brought to public attention by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in the book on the fall of Richard Nixon, All The President’s Men, ratfucker was Nixon’s term for a political operative who sows chaos among opponents; an agent provocateur. It is thought to have originated among campus political rivalries at USC, and seems to have some usage in the US military.
Along with Nixon’s other ratfuckers, Roger Stone caused fights at otherwise peaceful Democratic Party protests to generate a false narrative that the Democrats were violent and dangerous.
Term used to describe someone who is a mix of both rural (country) and urban (metropolitan) lifestyles/upbringings. He/she is typically equally comfortable in both settings and is able to seamlessly slip back and forth between the two, appreciating the characteristics of each.
That ol' gal of mine drives the 12lane freeway during the week and a John Deere on the weekends. She likes opra and the Grand Ol' Opry. I love them countrypolitan women.
A bath consisting of a variety of slats, oils, soaps or any other added ingredients such as fruits, milks, herbs or any other spices for health or beautifying benifits.
She brought homealot of stuff and took it to the bathroom. She must be taking a witch bath.