realistreal‧ist /ˈrɪəlɪst/ ●○○ noun [countable] - He is himself a realist, not a racist, and not now given to making proclamations.
- He wanted an accountant who was a cheerleader rather than a realist.
- Other realists, such as National Interest editor Owen Harries, expressed similar objections.
- She is a realist through and through.
- The realists of the good old times, the Ostades and the Teniers, what a mistake they made without knowing it!
- The direct realist sees beauty and meaning in the things themselves, to be profoundly or superficially, deeply or shallowly apprehended.
- The smiling realists are relieved that good old-fashioned national interest may burst out of the straitjacket of Brussels directives.
ADJECTIVE► socialist· The problematical task of theorizing socialist realist practice was ignored by both.
nounrealismrealistrealityunrealityrealizationadjectiverealunrealrealistic ≠ unrealisticadverbrealreallyrealistically ≠ unrealisticallyverbrealize