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realist

[ree-uh-list] / ˈri ə lɪst /
NOUN
pragmatist
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The row first erupted after another academic - self-defined "race realist" Nathan Cofnas, who was sacked from his Cambridge role in 2024 - said he found numerous instances of plagiarism in Prof Arday's work.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Plagiarism claims against Arday were first made in July by Nathan Cofnas, a US academic and self-defined "race realist" whose research affiliation with a Cambridge college was terminated in 2024 amid racism accusations.

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

One is a dreamer and the other a realist.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Even if you’re a realist, don’t let gloomy projections get you down.

From MarketWatch Jun. 15, 2026

This book will look, I trust, realist to relativists and relativist to realists: that is how it is meant to look.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

The setting for this two-hander is more abstract than usual for Hunter, who is one of the theater’s outstanding American realists.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 3, 2026

“We are realists, but we are not worrywarts either,” he said.

From MarketWatch Mar. 11, 2026

It’s a movie for dreamers, realists and romantics alike, the kind of film that’s so fantastic and so painfully human that its brilliant existence is reason enough to believe in good things.

From Salon Dec. 17, 2025

Foreign-policy realists focus on interests and tend to dismiss shared values and myths.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 12, 2025

Hobbes stands for the relativists and Boyle for the realists.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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