Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

naive realist

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.14 in modern English

Syllables: naive re-al-ist
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of naïve realist.

adj

Alternative form of naïve realist.

Example Sentences

"We generally express the situation by saying that the naive realist, who is the unsophisticated layman, assumes that he perceives things as they are, and that the idealist assumes that we do not perceive reality as it is or per se. The naive realist does not think of the antithesis between sensation and reality as the idealist does. To him things are as they appear."
"In such a view, of course, perception is a highly reliable source of knowledge—in fact, it may be too reliable. For it is hard to see, in the naive realist account, how it is possible for us ever to make mistakes. If we always perceive things as they really are, how could error be possible? Yet, errors do occur."

Inflected Forms

naive realists (plural) more naive realist (comparative) most naive realist (superlative)

Questions

What does naive realist mean?: Alternative form of naïve realist.

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