REALIST


Meaning of REALIST in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ri:əlɪst ]

( realists)

1.

A realist is someone who recognizes and accepts the true nature of a situation and tries to deal with it in a practical way.

I see myself not as a cynic but as a realist...

N-COUNT [ approval ]

2.

A realist painter or writer is one who represents things and people in a way that is like real life.

...perhaps the foremost realist painter of our times.

ADJ : ADJ n

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