realistnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈrɪə.lɪst/us/ˈriː.ə.lɪst/realist noun [ C ] (THOUGHT)
someone who hopes for or accepts only what seems possible or likely, and does not hope for or expect more:
I'm a realist - I knew there was no way I could win, so I swam for a good finish, for points.
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Wise and sensible
- an old/a wise head on young shoulders idiom
- be a victory for common sense idiom
- canny
- discerning
- discriminating
- far-sighted
- gnomic
- legitimacy
- neatly
- no flies on sb idiom
- no-nonsense
- out of the mouths of babes (and sucklings) idiom
- perspective
- right-minded
- sagacious
- sage
- savoir-faire
- sensible
- wise
- wisely
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realist noun [ C ] (ART)
specialized art, literature, theatre & film an artist, writer, etc. who represents life as it really is, rather than in an imagined way
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Philosophy
- aesthete
- aesthetic
- anthropocentric
- Aristotle
- axiomatic
- globalist
- holism
- idealism
- individualism
- materialism
- philosophy
- postmodernism
- pseudo-science
- rationalism
- rationalist
- theorize
- theory
- utilitarianism
- yang
- yin
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