realist
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realist (plural realists)
- (philosophy) An advocate of realism; one who believes that matter, objects etc. have real existence beyond our perception of them.
- 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.19:
- Aristotle's own doctrine is far from clear. It was this lack of clarity that made possible the medieval controversy between nominalists and realists.
- 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.19:
- One who believes in seeing things the way they really are, as opposed to how they would like them to be.
- (art, literature) An adherent of the realism movement; an artist who seeks to portray real everyday life accurately.
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one who sees things as they are
advocate of artistic realism
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From French réaliste (“realist”)
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- IPA: /realist/, [ʁɛaˈlisd̥]
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realist c. (singular definite realisten, plural indefinite realister)
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Inflection of realist
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative, dative and accusative | realist | realisten | realister | realisterne |
| genitive | realists | realistens | realisters | realisternes |
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realist m. (Cyrillic spelling реалист)
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realist c.
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Declension of realist
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common | indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite |
| nominative | realist | realisten | realister | realisterna |
| genitive | realists | realistens | realisters | realisternas |
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- Realist in Svenska Akademiens ordlista öfver svenska språket (6th ed., 1889)
