Things as they are
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THESTATUSQUOThings as they are
NOWWith things as they are.
REALISMSeeing things as they are
REALISTSThey see things as they are
QEDGertrude Stein's first novel, published posthumously as "Things As They Are"
realistperson who tends to view or represent things as they really are
quietismCalm acceptance of things as they are without attempts to resist or change them
CYNICOne "whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be": Bierce
realisticpertaining to or characterized by the portrayal in literature or art of things as they actually are
idealistperson, as an artist or writer, who represents things imaginatively or as they should be rather than as they are
SEEM"Things are seldom what they ...."
SEEM"Things are seldom what they ... . . . "
SEEM"Things are not always what they ..."
FAKESThings that are not what they seem.
HMSPINAFOREWhere "things are seldom what they seem."
SORELOSERSThey might claim that things are fixed
ODDSThings are unlikely when they are long
OTSThey occur when things are all tied up, briefly
farsightedUnable to see things clearly, esp. if they are relatively close to the eyes, owing to the focusing of rays of light by the eye at a point behind the retina; hyperopic
nearsightedUnable to see things clearly unless they are relatively close to the eyes, owing to the focusing of rays of light by the eye at a point in front of the retina; myopic
essentialismA belief that things have a set of characteristics that make them what they are, and that the task of science and philosophy is their discovery and expression; the doctrine that essence is prior to existence
SEEM"Things aren't as bad as they ..."
IDEALSThings many people lose as they grow older
realitiesThe world or the state of things as they actually exist, as opposed to an idealistic or notional idea of them
ABCWhat some things are as easy as
NINShe said, "We see things as we are"
ALCHEMISTSOnes who think things are good as gold?
BARRELOFMONKEYSWhat some things are as much fun as
hangercontrivance on which things are hung, as a hook
storybooksDenoting something that is as idyllically perfect as things typically are in storybooks
extremesEither of two abstract things that are as different from each other as possible
gleaningsThings, esp. facts, that are gathered or collected from various sources rather than acquired as a whole
dichotomiesA division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different
substantive(of law) Defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which such things are established
privationsA state in which things that are essential for human well-being such as food and warmth are scarce or lacking
ajivaall in the universe that is not jiva, as space, time, matter, and those things by which rest and motion are possible to objects
ajivasall in the universe that is not jiva, as space, time, matter, and those things by which rest and motion are possible to objects
nominalismThe doctrine that universals or general ideas are mere names without any corresponding reality, and that only particular objects exist; properties, numbers, and sets are thought of as merely features of the way of considering the things that exist. Important in medieval scholastic thought, nominalism is associated particularly with William of Occam
FORTYIMMORTALSFrench Academy members, as they are known
HOSTELSThey don't sound as welcoming as they are