realist

CEFRC1

/rˈiəlɪst/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person who sees situations as they really are.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    An adherent of the realism movement; an artist who seeks to portray real everyday life accurately.

Examples

  • He's a realist, and doesn't believe that miracles are possible.

  • Tom is a realist.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /ˈɹɪəlɪst/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. One who believes in seeing things the way they really are, as opposed to how they would like them to be.

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

More examples

In context

  • He's the realist dude I know.

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

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Origin

noun

From real + -ist.