realist
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹɪəlɪst/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun
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.
- (art, literature) An adherent of the realism movement; an artist who seeks to portray real everyday life accurately.
- One who believes in seeing things the way they really are, as opposed to how they would like them to be.
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Translations
one who sees things as they are
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advocate of artistic realism
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Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /realist/, [ʁɛaˈlisd̥]
Inflection
Declension of realist
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | realist | realisten | realister | realisterne |
genitive | realists | realistens | realisters | realisternes |
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Further reading
- “realist” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌreː.aːˈlɪst/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: re‧a‧list
- Rhymes: -ɪst
Noun
realist m (plural realisten, diminutive realistje n)
- realist (someone with concern for fact and reality)
- (art) realist (artist who seeks to faithfully represent reality)
- (philosophy) realist (one who thinks that universals are real)
- Synonym: aristotelist
- (sciences, philosophy) realist (one of the view that an external reality exists independent of observation)
- (geopolitics) realist (advocate of the doctrine in international relations that prioritises the pursuit of power over the implementation of ideals)
- Synonym: realpolitiker
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Romanian
Pronunciation
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Adjective
realist m or n (feminine singular realistă, masculine plural realiști, feminine and neuter plural realiste)
Declension
Declension of realist
singular | plural | ||||||
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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 |
Swedish
Declension
Declension of realist | ||||
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | realist | realisten | realister | realisterna |
Genitive | realists | realistens | realisters | realisternas |
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References
- Realist in Svenska Akademiens ordlista öfver svenska språket (6th ed., 1889)
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