adj
Meaning 1
Eye dialect spelling of realest.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Examples
- He's the realist dude I know.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
realist
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈɹɪəlɪst/
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noun
Meaning 2
An advocate of realism; one who believes that matter, objects etc. have real existence beyond our perception of them.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
An adherent of the realism movement; an artist who seeks to portray real everyday life accurately.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: art, arts, literature, media, publishing
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
One who believes in seeing things the way they really are, as opposed to how they would like them to be.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
Meaning 5
a philosopher who believes that universals are real and exist independently of anyone thinking of them
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: philosopher
Narrower terms: pragmatist
noun
Meaning 6
a painter who represents the world realistically and not in an idealized or romantic style
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: painter
noun
Meaning 7
a person who accepts the world as it literally is and deals with it accordingly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
Narrower terms: pragmatist
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh1-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh1ís Proto-Italic *reis Classical Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin reālisder. Old French reelbor. Middle English real English real Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English realist From real + -ist.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: وَاقِعِيّ (wāqiʕiyy) — one who sees things as they are
- Armenian: իրատես (irates) — one who sees things as they are
- Armenian: ռեալիստ (ṙealist) — one who sees things as they are
- Belarusian: рэаліст (realist) — one who sees things as they are
- Belarusian: рэалістка (realistka) — one who sees things as they are
- Catalan: realista — one who sees things as they are
- Chinese Mandarin: 現實主義者 /现实主义者 (xiànshízhǔyìzhe) — one who sees things as they are
- Chinese Mandarin: 實在論者 /实在论者 (shízàilùnzhe) — one who sees things as they are
- Czech: realista — one who sees things as they are
- Danish: realist — one who sees things as they are
- Dutch: realist — one who sees things as they are
- French: réaliste — one who sees things as they are
- German: Realist — one who sees things as they are
- German: Realistin — one who sees things as they are
- Hungarian: realista — one who sees things as they are
- Irish: duine réadúil — one who sees things as they are
- Polish: realista — one who sees things as they are
- Russian: реали́ст (realíst) — one who sees things as they are
- Russian: реали́стка (realístka) — one who sees things as they are
- Serbo-Croatian: realist — one who sees things as they are
- Spanish: realista — one who sees things as they are
- Arabic: وَاقِعِيّ (wāqiʕiyy) — advocate of artistic realism
- Armenian: իրապաշտ (irapašt) — advocate of artistic realism
- Catalan: realista — advocate of artistic realism
- Czech: realista — advocate of artistic realism
- Danish: realist — advocate of artistic realism
- French: réaliste — advocate of artistic realism
- German: Realist — advocate of artistic realism
- German: Realistin — advocate of artistic realism
- Hungarian: realista — advocate of artistic realism
- Irish: réalaí — advocate of artistic realism
- Polish: realista — advocate of artistic realism
- Polish: autentysta — advocate of artistic realism
- Portuguese: realista — advocate of artistic realism
- Russian: реали́ст (realíst) — advocate of artistic realism
- Russian: реали́стка (realístka) — advocate of artistic realism
- Serbo-Croatian: realist — advocate of artistic realism
- Spanish: realista — advocate of artistic realism
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