Realist

[Re·al*ist]

Some may say you never expect good things to happen, but maybe you’re just a realist, a person who uses facts and past events, rather than hopeful feelings and wishes, to predict the future.

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One who believes in realism; esp., one who maintains that generals, or the terms used to denote the genera and species of things, represent real existences, and are not mere names, as maintained by the nominalists.

Noun
a philosopher who believes that universals are real and exist independently of anyone thinking of them

Noun
a painter who represents the world realistically and not in an idealized or romantic style

Noun
a person who accepts the world as it literally is and deals with it accordingly


n.
One who believes in realism; esp., one who maintains that generals, or the terms used to denote the genera and species of things, represent real existences, and are not mere names, as maintained by the nominalists.

n.
An artist or writer who aims at realism in his work. See Realism, 2.


Realist

Re"al*ist, n. [Cf. F. r'82aliste.] 1. (Philos.) One who believes in realism; esp., one who maintains that generals, or the terms used to denote the genera and species of things, represent real existences, and are not mere names, as maintained by the nominalists. 2. (Art. & Lit.) An artist or writer who aims at realism in his work. See Realism, 2.

One who believes in realism; esp., one who maintains that generals, or the terms used to denote the genera and species of things, represent real existences, and are not mere names, as maintained by the nominalists.

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Usage Examples

The pessimist complains about the wind the optimist expects it to change the realist adjusts the sails.

I have a lot of courage. I'm a realist.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

When I was very, very young, seven years old, I heard there was school where you could go to learn to draw. That was my absolute driven passion, to become an artist or a painter. So the romantic realist in me, I studied to be a graphic design artist and an art teacher.

I'm an eternal realist and the success rate for being an actor is pretty low.

The kind of theater that I do is sort of 'narrative realism,' which I think in the broadest sense is legitimate to say is mainstream. I mean, in a certain sense, Suzan-Lori's plays have had mainstream levels of success. But Suzan-Lori is in some ways not a narrative realist.

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