Synonyms for realist


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ree-uh-list
Phonetic Transcription : ˈri ə lɪst


Définition of realist

Origin :
  • c.1600, in philosophy, from real (adj.) + -ist, and cf. French réaliste. Also see realism.
  • noun pragmatist
Example sentences :
  • Captain Feldman was a realist but he was also a deeply moral man.
  • Extract from : « Zen » by Jerome Bixby
  • "They don't have much choice," Captain Feldman said, always the realist.
  • Extract from : « Zen » by Jerome Bixby
  • In the first place, it does not mean that Greek art is what we call ‘naturalist’ or ‘realist’.
  • Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various
  • "I believe you are a realist, Henry," said his wife playfully.
  • Extract from : « Steve and the Steam Engine » by Sara Ware Bassett
  • It was dear to the Realist, and it is dear to the Symbolist.
  • Extract from : « The Children » by Alice Meynell
  • He was a realist who pictured, marvelously, the life about him as he saw it.
  • Extract from : « Short Stories of Various Types » by Various
  • In his plots, O. Henry is romantic; in his settings he is a realist.
  • Extract from : « Americans All » by Various
  • She said this to her leg, but, being a realist, she only made it feel like a pin-cushion.
  • Extract from : « The Freelands » by John Galsworthy
  • In truth, he was a Realist, in religion as in everything else.
  • Extract from : « Kenelm Chillingly, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • What man of sense—what pupil of Welby, the realist—can fall in love with a face?
  • Extract from : « Kenelm Chillingly, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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