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representationalism

rep.re.sen.ta.tion.al.ism \-.iz-*m\ \-*st\ n 1: the doctrine that the 
   immediate object of knowledge is an idea in the mi nd distinct from the 
   external object which is the occasion of perception 2: the theory or 
   practice of realistic representation in art  - rep.re.sen.ta.tion.al.ist n