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Noun: realist  ree-u-list
  1. A person who accepts the world as it literally is and deals with it accordingly
    "As a realist, she focused on practical solutions rather than idealistic dreams"
     
  2. A painter who represents the world realistically and not in an idealized or romantic style
    "The realist's paintings captured the gritty details of urban life"
     
  3. A philosopher who believes that universals are real and exist independently of anyone thinking of them
    "The realist argued that abstract concepts have an objective existence"

Derived forms: realists

Type of: actor, doer, painter, philosopher, worker

Encyclopedia: Realist