realist

noun

a painter who represents the world realistically and not in an idealized or romantic style

a person who accepts the world as it literally is and deals with it accordingly

a philosopher who believes that universals are real and exist independently of anyone thinking of them

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realisticadj pragmatistn naturalisticadj pragmaticadj positivisticadj positivistn idealisticadj unidealisticadj hardheadedadj nominalistn

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