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realistic

adj
/ˌɹɪəˈlɪs.tɪk/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Late Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Late 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 *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)der. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English realist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English realistic From realist + -ic.

  1. derived from -ik English -ic English realistic From realist + -ic
  2. derived from -iquebor
  3. derived from -ist English -ist English realist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor
  4. derived from -istebor
  5. derived from -istader
  6. derived from reelbor
  7. derived from *-ālis Late Latin -ālis Late Latin reālisder✻
  8. derived from *reis Late Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der✻

Definitions

  1. Expressed or represented as being accurate, practicable, or not idealistic.

    • A realistic appraisal of the situation.
    • 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.

  2. Relating to the representation of objects, actions or conditions as they actually are or…

    Relating to the representation of objects, actions or conditions as they actually are or were.

    • A realistic novel about the Victorian poor.

  3. Possible or practical to achieve

    Possible or practical to achieve; based on what is real or practical.

    • a realistic goal

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Derived

antirealistic, biorealistic, extrarealistic, hyperrealistic, macrorealistic, neorealistic, nonrealistic, overrealistic, photorealistic, pseudorealistic, realistically, realisticity, realisticness, semirealistic, superrealistic, transrealistic, ultrarealistic

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at realistic. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at realistic. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at realistic

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA