realistic
adjectives
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"
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antonym
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sensible and practical
"has a straightforward down-to-earth approach to a problem"; "her earthy common sense"
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guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory
"a hardheaded appraisal of our position"; "a hard-nosed labor leader"; "completely practical in his approach to business"; "not ideology but pragmatic politics"
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evoking lifelike images within the mind
"pictorial poetry and prose"; "graphic accounts of battle"; "a lifelike portrait"; "a vivid description"
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representing things or actions or conditions as they actually are
"the novel about ghetto life was true to life"; "true-to-life duck decoys"
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coinciding with reality
"perceptual error...has a surprising resemblance to veridical perception"- F.A.Olafson
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being actually such in almost every respect
"a practical failure"; "the once elegant temple lay in virtual ruin"
see also
capable of happening or existing
"a breakthrough may be possible next year"; "anything is possible"; "warned of possible consequences"
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concerned with actual use or practice
"he is a very practical person"; "the idea had no practical application"; "a practical knowledge of Japanese"; "woodworking is a practical art"
representing what is real; not abstract or ideal
"realistic portraiture"; "a realistic novel"; "in naturalistic colors"; "the school of naturalistic writers"
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