realist

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A person who accepts situations as they truly are and deals with them in a practical way.

   As a realist, she knew the project would take far longer than the optimists claimed.

2. 2
   noun

   An artist or writer who portrays everyday life accurately rather than in an idealized way.

   The painter was a realist who captured the hard lives of ordinary workers.

3. 3
   noun

   In philosophy, someone who believes that things exist in reality independently of our perception of them.

   The realist argued that the world continues to exist even when no one is looking at it.

From real + -ist.

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