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Domain of artistic movement one's abandoned (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

realm

'domain' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'artistic movement one's abandoned' is the wordplay.
'artistic movement' becomes 'realism' (realism is a kind of artistic movement).
'one's' becomes 'is' (roman numeral).
'abandoned' suggests deleting specific letters.
'realism' with 'is' taken away is 'REALM'.

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for realm that I've seen before include "Kingdom or sphere" , "A Nation" , "Country" , "Kingdom; field of interest" , "monarch's responsibility" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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