realist

See also: Realist and reálist

English

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der.

Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís

Proto-Italic *reis

Classical Latin rēs

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

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 *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

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.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪəlɪst/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

realist (plural realists)

1. (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.

2. (art, literature) An adherent of the realism movement; an artist who seeks to portray real everyday life accurately.
3. One who believes in seeing things the way they really are, as opposed to how they would like them to be.

Synonyms

• real-worlder

Antonyms

• idealist, fantasist, Cloudcuckoolander

Derived terms

• antirealist
• Eurorealist
• hyperrealist
• macrorealist
• magical realist
• magic realist
• metarealist
• naïve realist
• naive realist
• neorealist
• new realist
• nonrealist
• photorealist
• prerealist
• race realist
• socialist realist
• sociorealist
• technorealist
• ultrarealist

Translations

one who sees things as they are

• Arabic: وَاقِعِيّ m (wāqiʕiyy)
• Armenian: իրատես (hy) (irates), ռեալիստ (hy) (ṙealist)
• Belarusian: рэаліст m (realist), рэалістка f (realistka)
• Catalan: realista m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 現實主義者 / 现实主义者 (zh) (xiànshízhǔyìzhe), 實在論者 / 实在论者 (zh) (shízàilùnzhe)

• Czech: realista m
• Danish: realist (da) c
• Dutch: realist (nl) m
• French: réaliste (fr) m or f
• German: Realist (de) m, Realistin (de) f
• Hungarian: realista (hu)
• Irish: duine réadúil m
• Polish: realista (pl) m
• Russian: реали́ст (ru) m (realíst), реали́стка (ru) f (realístka)
• Serbo-Croatian: realist (sh) m
• Spanish: realista (es) m or f
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

advocate of artistic realism

• Arabic: وَاقِعِيّ m (wāqiʕiyy)
• Armenian: իրապաշտ (hy) (irapašt)
• Catalan: realista m or f
• Czech: realista m
• Danish: realist (da) c
• French: réaliste (fr) m or f
• German: Realist (de) m, Realistin (de) f
• Hungarian: realista (hu)
• Irish: réalaí m
• Polish: realista (pl) m, autentysta m
• Portuguese: realista (pt) m or f
• Russian: реали́ст (ru) (realíst), реали́стка (ru) f (realístka)
• Serbo-Croatian: realist (sh) m
• Spanish: realista (es) m or f

Etymology 2

Adjective

realist

1. Eye dialect spelling of realest.

   He's the realist dude I know.

Anagrams

• A-lister, Altiers, Lasiter, Raelist, airtels, railest, retails, saltier, saltire, slatier, tailers

Danish

Etymology

From French réaliste (“realist”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /realist/, [ʁɛaˈlisd̥]

Noun

realist c (singular definite realisten, plural indefinite realister)

1. realist

Inflection

Declension of realist

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	realist	realisten	realister	realisterne
genitive	realists	realistens	realisters	realisternes

Related terms

• realisme
• realistisk

Further reading

• “realist” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French réaliste. Equivalent to reëel +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌreː.aːˈlɪst/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: re‧a‧list
• Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

realist m (plural realisten, diminutive realistje n)

1. realist (someone with concern for fact and reality)
2. (art) realist (artist who seeks to faithfully represent reality)
3. (philosophy) realist (one who thinks that universals are real)

   Synonym: aristotelist

4. (sciences, philosophy) realist (one of the view that an external reality exists independent of observation)
5. (geopolitics) realist (advocate of the doctrine in international relations that prioritises the pursuit of power over the implementation of ideals)

   Synonym: realpolitiker

Related terms

• realisme
• realistisch
• reëel

Descendants

• Afrikaans: realis
• → Indonesian: realis

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French réaliste.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adjective

realist m or n (feminine singular realistă, masculine plural realiști, feminine/neuter plural realiste)

1. realistic

Declension

Declension of realist

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	realist		realistă	realiști	realiste
	definite	realistul		realista	realiștii	realistele
genitive- dative	indefinite	realist		realiste	realiști	realiste
	definite	realistului		realistei	realiștilor	realistelor

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• reàlista (Bosnia, Serbia)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reǎlist/
• Hyphenation: re‧a‧list

Noun

reàlist m anim (Cyrillic spelling реа̀лист)

1. (Croatia) realist

Declension

Declension of realist

	singular	plural
nominative	realist	realisti
genitive	realista	realista
dative	realistu	realistima
accusative	realista	realiste
vocative	realiste	realisti
locative	realistu	realistima
instrumental	realistom	realistima

Further reading

• “realist”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Swedish

Noun

realist c

1. a realist; a realistic person; a follower of realism

Declension

Declension of realist

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	realist	realists
	definite	realisten	realistens
plural	indefinite	realister	realisters
	definite	realisterna	realisternas

Related terms

• realism
• realistisk

References

• Realist in Svenska Akademiens ordlista öfver svenska språket (6th ed., 1889)