realistic: Meaning and Definition of

re•al•is•tic

Pronunciation: (rē"u-lis'tik), [key]
— adj.
  1. interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
  2. pertaining to, characterized by, or given to the representation in literature or art of things as they really are: a realistic novel.
  3. resembling or simulating real life: a duck hunter skilled at making realistic decoys.
  4. of or pertaining to realists or realism.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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