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UK
/ɹiəlˈɪstɪk/
]
[ US /ˌɹiəˈɫɪstɪk/ ]
[ US /ˌɹiəˈɫɪstɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are
a realistic view of the possibilities
a realistic appraisal of our chances
the actors tried to create a realistic portrayal of the Africans
a realistic description -
representing what is real; not abstract or ideal
the school of naturalistic writers
in naturalistic colors
a realistic novel
realistic portraiture -
of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of realism
a realistic system of thought
How To Use realistic In A Sentence
- The six-inch white plastic stick uses a battery-powered atomiser to create realistic puffs of "smoke," while the tip glows red with each suck. The Cigarette That’s Legal Indoors | Impact Lab
- The only realistic way is to raise Britain's laggard productivity performance.
- At about the time Hanson began making his realistic figures in the 1960s, other artists were also making life-sized figures molded from actual people.
- All items of the total landscaping package had to be measured in order to submit realistic costs.
- In its favour, there is some genuine tension in the car chase sequences, and the marauding gangs of children seem not only authentic but realistically threatening.
- You know how sometimes SF/Fantasy is referred to as "speculative fiction", in an attempt to encompass all types of non-realistic fiction, and also to avoid the stigma of genrefication?
- Consequently, the practical politicians and their realistic programs can create nothing but a disaster.
- They can sometimes recognize that their obsessions and compulsions are unrealistic.
- The film starts off realistically and then develops into a ridiculous fantasy.
- But even if some of the facts aren't I new to us, we look to thinkers and policymakers like him not only for fresh syntheses, but also for responsive and realistic answers to the problem.