realistic
[ree-uh-lis-tik]
- 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.
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Origin of realistic
Synonyms
See more synonyms for realistic on Thesaurus.com1. pragmatic, common-sense, hard-headed, sensible.
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Examples from the Web for unrealistic
Contemporary Examples
Expectations, reasonable or unrealistic, remain so even if we impose them on ourselves.
It's not unrealistic to think they might have had a love affair if he had wanted it or known how to ask.
One of the most romantic—and, some would say, unrealistic—phenomena of American culture is the concept of “the one.”
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Barbie is an unrealistic, unhealthy, insulting representation of female appearance.
He made only one unrealistic request as he sought to keep others from becoming infected and began a fight for his life.
Historical Examples
Such deviations were as unrealistic and sterile as Blanquism, against which the nineteenth century Marxists inveighed so heavily.
Government in Republican ChinaPaul Myron Anthony Linebarger
They are not as small as unrealistic persons claiming superior private information would demand.
State of the Union Addresses of Franklin D. RooseveltFranklin D. Roosevelt
So I decided to explore his unrealistic beliefs about the state of affairs in Europe.
He Walked Around the HorsesHenry Beam Piper
unrealistic
- not realisticunrealistic expectations
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realistic
- 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
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Word Origin and History for unrealistic
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