Realistic vs Representationalist - What's the difference?
realistic | representationalist |
Expressed or represented as being accurate.
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, year=2011
, date=October 1
, author=Tom Fordyce
, title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland
, work=BBC Sport
Relating to the representation of objects, actions or conditions as they actually are or were.
(philosophy) A subscriber to the philosophy of representationalism.
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, passage=It seems plausible that the disagreement between the competing representationalist theories traces back to an underlying disagreement about the nature of mental representation. }}
(arts) An artist who aims to produces realistic depictions.
As an adjective realistic
is expressed or represented as being accurate.As a noun representationalist is
a subscriber to the philosophy of representationalism.realistic
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- A ''realistic'' appraisal of the situation.
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- A ''realistic'' novel about the Victorian poor.
