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photorealistic

American  
[foh-toh-ree-uhl-ist-ik] / ˌfoʊ toʊˌri əlˈɪst ɪk /

adjective

  1. Art. created with such precise and accurate detail as to look like a photograph.


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There are fresh challenges too: Volatile geopolitics have made business costlier and less predictable, while artificial intelligence now allows users to create photorealistic images by just typing words.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Praise for GTA 6's graphics was more or less universal, with characters displaying photorealistic faces and lifelike movements.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Jagged geometric shapes evolved into photorealistic video-game characters thanks to increased memory and more efficient architectures.

From MarketWatch ● May 23, 2026

CCDH's report estimated that Grok generated this volume of photorealistic images over an 11-day period -- an average rate of 190 per minute.

From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026

Aech was required to provide a photo for her school profile, so she’d submitted a photorealistic rendering of her male avatar’s face, which she’d modeled after her own features.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

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