realist
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈɹɪəlɪst/
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.
- (arts, literature) An adherent of the realism movement; an artist who seeks to portray real everyday life accurately.
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