Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

realist

/ˈɹɪəlɪst/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.26 in modern English

Syllables: re-al-ist
IPA: /ˈɹɪəlɪst/

7

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An advocate of realism; one who believes that matter, objects etc. have real existence beyond our perception of them.

noun

An adherent of the realism movement; an artist who seeks to portray real everyday life accurately.

noun

One who believes in seeing things the way they really are, as opposed to how they would like them to be.

adj

Eye dialect spelling of realest.

Example Sentences

"Aristotle's own doctrine is far from clear. It was this lack of clarity that made possible the medieval controversy between nominalists and realists."
"He's the realist dude I know."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Classical Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin reālisder. Old French reelbor. Middle English real English real Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English realist From real + -ist.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈɹɪəlɪst/

Inflected Forms

realists (plural)

Derived Forms

antirealist Eurorealist hyperrealist macrorealist metarealist neorealist nonrealist photorealist prerealist sociorealist technorealist ultrarealist

Phrases

magical realist magic realist naïve realist naive realist new realist race realist socialist realist

Synonyms

real-worlder

Antonyms

idealist fantasist Cloudcuckoolander

Questions

How do you pronounce realist?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹɪəlɪst/.
What does realist mean?: An advocate of realism; one who believes that matter, objects etc. have real existence beyond our perception of them.
Where does realist come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Classical Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin reālisder. Old French reelbor. Middle English real English real Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English realist From real + -ist.

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