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socialist realism

Syllabification: (so·cial·ist re·al·ism)
Definition of socialist realism

noun

  • the theory of art, literature, and music officially sanctioned by the state in some communist countries (especially in the Soviet Union under Stalin), by which artistic work was supposed to reflect and promote the ideals of a socialist society.

socialist realism in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of socialist realism in the British & World English dictionary