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realistic
[ree-uh-lis-tik]
adjective
interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical.
a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
pertaining to, characterized by, or given to the representation in literature or art of things as they really are.
a realistic novel.
resembling or simulating real life.
a duck hunter skilled at making realistic decoys.
Philosophy., of or relating to realists or realism.
realistic
/ ˌrɪəˈlɪstɪk /
adjective
showing awareness and acceptance of reality
practical or pragmatic rather than ideal or moral
(of a book, film, etc) depicting or emphasizing what is real and actual rather than abstract or ideal
of or relating to philosophical realism
Other Word Forms
- realistically adverb
- antirealistic adjective
- antirealistically adverb
- hyperrealistic adjective
- nonrealistic adjective
- nonrealistically adverb
- overrealistic adjective
- overrealistically adverb
- prorealistic adjective
- pseudorealistic adjective
- quasi-realistic adjective
- quasi-realistically adverb
- semirealistic adjective
- semirealistically adverb
- ultrarealistic adjective
- unrealistic adjective
- unrealistically adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of realistic1
Example Sentences
"You get more data, higher resolution and, importantly, a more realistic picture of what actually happens inside a living cell," says Cardoso Da Silva.
This improved analysis yielded larger but also more realistic measurement uncertainties.
"The end sword fight might be the most realistic ever put to film."
“Ending a complex and deadly war such as the one in Ukraine requires an extensive exchange of serious and realistic ideas,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrote on X on Wednesday.
Scientists from the Department of Biomedicine at the University of Basel and University Hospital Basel have now produced a realistic bone marrow model made entirely from human cells.
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