realist
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Some may say you never expect good things to happen, but maybe you’re just a realist, a person who uses facts and past events, rather than hopeful feelings and wishes, to predict the future.
In art, Realist painters started a movement by depicting the world around them as it actually appeared, rather than painting flattering portraits of unattractive people and scenes too good to be true. You don't have to be an artist to be a realist — just consider limitations and anticipate that things that can go wrong will go wrong. The downside? Realists don't get to dream of the great things that could happen if everything goes right.
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a person who accepts the world as it literally is and deals with it accordinglysynonyms: objectivisttypes:pragmatista person who takes a practical approach to problems and is concerned primarily with the success or failure of his or her actions
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a painter who represents the world realistically and not in an idealized or romantic stylesynonyms: objectivisttype of:painteran artist who paints
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a philosopher who believes that universals are real and exist independently of anyone thinking of themsynonyms: objectivisttypes:pragmatistan adherent of philosophical pragmatismtype of:philosophera specialist in philosophy
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In January of 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt outlined the basic freedoms that, in his view, America represented. Almost a year before the attack on Pearl Harbor, FDR warned of the dangers from dictatorships and of the need for America to prepare to defend itself.
In January of 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt outlined the basic freedoms that, in his view, America represented. Almost a year before the attack on Pearl Harbor, FDR warned of the dangers from dictatorships and of the need for America to prepare to defend itself. This list covers vocabulary in paragraphs 11-29 of the speech.