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Realist

adj, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Eye dialect spelling of realest. alt-of, pronunciation-spelling

    "He's the realist dude I know."

Noun
  1. 1
    An advocate of realism; one who believes that matter, objects etc. have real existence beyond our perception of them.

    "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. 2
    a philosopher who believes that universals are real and exist independently of anyone thinking of them wordnet
  3. 3
    An adherent of the realism movement; an artist who seeks to portray real everyday life accurately.
  4. 4
    a painter who represents the world realistically and not in an idealized or romantic style wordnet
  5. 5
    One who believes in seeing things the way they really are, as opposed to how they would like them to be.
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  1. 6
    a person who accepts the world as it literally is and deals with it accordingly wordnet

Etymology

From real + -ist.

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