realist

[ ree-uh-list ]

/ ˈri ə lɪst /

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noun

a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.

an artist or a writer whose work is characterized by realism.

Philosophy. an adherent of realism.

adjective

of or relating to realism or to a person who embodies its principles or practices: the realist approach to social ills; realist paintings.

Words nearby realist

realgar, realia, realign, realignment, realism, realist, realistic, reality, reality awareness, reality check, reality fiction

Origin of realist

1595–1605; real¹ + -ist; compare French réaliste

OTHER WORDS FROM realist

an·ti·re·al·ist, noun, adjectivehy·per·re·al·ist, nounnon·re·al·ist, nounpro·re·al·ist, adjective, noun

ul·tra·re·al·ist, noun

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Examples from the Web for realist

Burt told me that he considers Paul a traditional, Republican realist.
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He was an “idealist and a realist at the same time,” said his close friend, the British Diplomat Frank Roberts.
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“I view myself as a realist, and the reality is that what Iran is doing is very simple,” he said.
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Cozzens, largely forgotten these days, was a 20th-century realist writer in the mode of Theodore Dreiser.
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Ben Gurion once said, “In Israel, in order to be a realist you must believe in miracles.”
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There is, however, a side of Tchehov which one would not expect in so relentless a realist.
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If I were a realist poet, I should write about the book's external appearance.
Goblins and Pagodas|John Gould Fletcher
He is the most of a realist, and the least of an idealist of any poet we know.
English Critical Essays|Various
All this evidently can be maintained only from the point of view of the realist.
The Reform of Education|Giovanni Gentile
He is a realist: and it is an extraordinary feat of heroism to be a realist in America.
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British Dictionary definitions for realist

realist

/ (ˈrɪəlɪst) /

noun

a person who is aware of and accepts the physical universe, events, etc, as they are; pragmatist

an artist or writer who seeks to represent the familiar or typical in real life rather than an idealized, formalized, or romantic interpretation

philosophy a person who accepts realism

(modifier) of, relating to, or characteristic of realism or realists in the arts, philosophy, etca realist school

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realist

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