realist

From real +‎ -ist.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪəlɪst/

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realist (plural realists)

1. (philosophy) An advocate of realism; one who believes that matter, objects etc. have real existence beyond our perception of them.
   • 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.19:

     Aristotle's own doctrine is far from clear. It was this lack of clarity that made possible the medieval controversy between nominalists and realists.

2. (art, literature) An adherent of the realism movement; an artist who seeks to portray real everyday life accurately.
3. One who believes in seeing things the way they really are, as opposed to how they would like them to be.

• real-worlder

• idealist, fantasist, Cloudcuckoolander

realist

1. Eye dialect spelling of realest.

   He's the realist dude I know.

• A-lister, Altiers, Lasiter, Raelist, airtels, railest, retails, saltier, saltire, slatier, tailers

From French réaliste (“realist”).

• IPA^(key): /realist/, [ʁɛaˈlisd̥]

realist c (singular definite realisten, plural indefinite realister)

1. realist

• realisme
• realistisk

• “realist” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from French réaliste. Equivalent to reëel +‎ -ist.

• IPA^(key): /ˌreː.aːˈlɪst/

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• Hyphenation: re‧a‧list
• Rhymes: -ɪst

realist m (plural realisten, diminutive realistje n)

1. realist (someone with concern for fact and reality)
2. (art) realist (artist who seeks to faithfully represent reality)
3. (philosophy) realist (one who thinks that universals are real)

   Synonym: aristotelist

4. (sciences, philosophy) realist (one of the view that an external reality exists independent of observation)
5. (geopolitics) realist (advocate of the doctrine in international relations that prioritises the pursuit of power over the implementation of ideals)

   Synonym: realpolitiker

• realisme
• realistisch
• reëel

• Afrikaans: realis
• → Indonesian: realis

Borrowed from French réaliste.

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realist m or n (feminine singular realistă, masculine plural realiști, feminine and neuter plural realiste)

1. realistic

• reàlista (Bosnia, Serbia)

• IPA^(key): /reǎlist/
• Hyphenation: re‧a‧list

reàlist m anim (Cyrillic spelling реа̀лист)

1. (Croatia) realist

• “realist”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

realist c

1. a realist; a realistic person; a follower of realism

• realism
• realistisk

• Realist in Svenska Akademiens ordlista öfver svenska språket (6th ed., 1889)