English Explanatory Dictionary

realist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An advocate of realism; one who believes that matter, objects etc. have real existence beyond our perception of them.
  2. 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.
adj
  1. Eye dialect spelling of realest.

Pronunciation

/ˈɹɪəlɪst/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-realist.wav

Word forms

realist realists

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Late Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Late 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)der. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English realist From real + -ist.

Synonyms

real-worlder

Antonyms

idealist fantasist Cloudcuckoolander

Derived words

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
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