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English
Etymology
From realist + -ic.
Pronunciation
Adjective
realistic (comparative more realistic, superlative most realistic)
- Expressed or represented as being accurate, practicable, or not idealistic.
A realistic appraisal of the situation.
2011 October 1, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland”, in BBC Sport:Scotland needed a victory by eight points to have a realistic chance of progressing to the knock-out stages, and for long periods of a ferocious contest looked as if they might pull it off.
- Relating to the representation of objects, actions or conditions as they actually are or were.
A realistic novel about the Victorian poor.
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Translations
expressed or represented as being accurate
relating to the representation of objects, actions or conditions as they actually are or were
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Romanian
Etymology
From realist + -ic. Compare Italian realistico.
Adjective
realistic m or n (feminine singular realistică, masculine plural realistici, feminine and neuter plural realistice)
- realistic
Declension
References
- realistic in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN