# realistic

Pronunciation: US say "ree-uh-LIS-tik" /ˌɹiəˈlɪs.tɪk/; UK say "reer-LIS-tik" /ˌɹɪəˈlɪs.tɪk/

## Adjective

1. Accurate, practicable, or not idealistic; grounded in what can actually be done or expected.
   - Simple: Practical and possible, not based on hopes or dreams.
   - _The committee asked for a realistic budget rather than optimistic projections._
   - _It isn't realistic to expect every customer to read the entire manual._
2. Depicting things, people, or situations as they really are or were, without idealizing them.
   - Simple: Showing things the way they really look or happen in real life.
   - _The novel offers a realistic portrayal of factory life in the 1930s._
   - _The flight simulator's realistic cockpit controls are used to train commercial pilots._

## Origin

Formed from "realist" combined with the suffix "-ic".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/realistic (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).