Posit vs Realism - What's the difference?
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2) Started by USAF Fighter pilots when needing to know the position of a wingman. I.e. Lead pilot would say "2-posit" and #2 would reply: "5 o'clock high". Also in use in commercial airlines. Some pilots respond "cleared into posit and hold" when cleared on to the runway.
Assume the existence of; to postulate.
* 1908 : ARISTOTLE. Metaphysics . Translated by .
Propose for consideration or study; to suggest.
Put (something somewhere) firmly.
A concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary
An artistic representation of reality as it is
(sciences) The viewpoint that an external reality exists independent of observation
(philosophy) A doctrine that universals are real—they exist and are distinct from the particulars that instantiate them
As nouns the difference between posit and realism
is that posit is something that is posited; a postulate while realism is a concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary.As a verb posit
is assume the existence of; to postulate.posit
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Usage notes
* (for meaningVerb
(en verb)- some who posit both this cause and besides this the source of movement, which we have got from some as single and from other as twofold.