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say it: ree-uh-LI-stik
realistic is an adjective meaning "aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are". It carries 3 recorded senses.
aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are
“a realistic description”
“a realistic view of the possibilities”
“a realistic appraisal of our chances”
“the actors tried to create a realistic portrayal of the Africans”
representing what is real; not abstract or ideal
“realistic portraiture”
“a realistic novel”
“in naturalistic colors”
“the school of naturalistic writers”
of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of realism
“a realistic system of thought”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for realistic come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.