Noun
socialist realism (uncountable)
(art) A Stalinist idealization of the dictatorship of the proletariat applied to art that used realistic techniques to show the struggle for socialism in a positive and optimistic manner.
Negativity is often looked upon [in the USA] as a kind of thought crime. Not since the advent of socialist realism has the world witnessed such pathological upbeatness. Terry Eagleton
However, in the course of incorporating the principles of Socialist realism, there were quite a few deviations introduced by the communists. Source: Internet
Socialist realism features can also be found within the halls of the New Tretyakov Gallery. Source: Internet