Adjective

(en adjective)

Expressed or represented as being accurate.

A ''realistic'' appraisal of the situation.

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Relating to the representation of objects, actions or conditions as they actually are or were.

A ''realistic'' novel about the Victorian poor.

Adjective

(en adjective)

Of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination

We defined a conceptual model before designing the real thing.

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The repeated exposure, over decades, to most taxa here treated has resulted in repeated modifications of both diagnoses and discussions, as initial ideas of the various taxa underwent—often repeated—conceptual modification.

Of, or relating to conceptualism