verism

English

From Latin verus (“true”) +‎ -ism.

verism (countable and uncountable, plural verisms)

(art, literature) Presenting common, everyday subjects, specifically eschewing the heroic or legendary.
- 2007, Andrew Shanken, “The Sublime "Jackass"”, in Places, volume 19:
  In place of the high polish and artifice of, say, Friday the 13th, there is a rougher verism [in Jackass].
(art) Synonym of verismo (“19th-century art movement”)

verism n (uncountable)

declension of verism (singular only)