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Webster 1913 Edition
Realist
Re′al-ist
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
réaliste
.] 1.
(Philos.)
One who believes in realism; esp., one who maintains that generals, or the terms used to denote the genera and species of things, represent real existences, and are not mere names, as maintained by the nominalists.
Webster 1828 Edition
Realist
RE'ALIST
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Realist
realist
realist
English
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.
- 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.
Translations
one who sees things as they are
advocate of artistic realism
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
From French réaliste (“realist”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /realist/, [ʁɛaˈlisd̥]
Noun
realist c (singular definite realisten, plural indefinite realister)
Inflection
Inflection of realist
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | realist | realisten | realister | realisterne |
| genitive | realists | realistens | realisters | realisternes |
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Swedish
Noun
realist c
Declension
| Inflection of realist | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| 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)