realistic

From realist +‎ -ic.

• IPA^(key): /ˌɹɪəˈlɪstɪk/, /ˌɹiːjəˈlɪstɪk/

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• Rhymes: -ɪstɪk

realistic (comparative more realistic, superlative most realistic)

1. Expressed or represented as being accurate, practicable, or not idealistic.

   Synonym: raw

   A realistic appraisal of the situation.

   • 2011 October 1, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Scotland needed a victory by eight points to have a realistic chance of progressing to the knock-out stages, and for long periods of a ferocious contest looked as if they might pull it off.

2. Relating to the representation of objects, actions or conditions as they actually are or were.

   A realistic novel about the Victorian poor.

• realsome

• unrealistic
• utopian

• clarities, eristical

From realist +‎ -ic. Compare Italian realistico.

realistic m or n (feminine singular realistică, masculine plural realistici, feminine and neuter plural realistice)

1. realistic

• realistic in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN