realist: Meaning and Definition of

re•al•ist

Pronunciation: (rē'u-list), [key]
— n.
  1. a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
  2. an artist or a writer whose work is characterized by realism.
  3. an adherent of realism.
—adj.
  1. of or pertaining to realism or to a person who embodies its principles or practices: the realist approach to social ills; realist paintings.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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