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Visionary vs Realist - What's the difference?

visionary | realist |

As nouns the difference between visionary and realist

is that visionary is someone who has visions; a seer while realist is an advocate of realism; one who believes that matter, objects etc. have real existence beyond our perception of them.

As an adjective visionary

is having vision or foresight.

visionary

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • having vision or foresight
  • * Alexander Pope
    • Or lull to rest the visionary maid.
  • imaginary or illusory
  • prophetic or revelatory
  • * Thomson
    • The visionary hour / When musing midnight reigns.
  • idealistic or utopian
    • a visionary scheme or project
    (Jonathan Swift)

    Noun

    (visionaries)
  • someone who has visions; a seer
  • an impractical dreamer
  • someone who has positive ideas about the future

    • realist

    English

    (wikipedia realist)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (philosophy) An advocate of realism; one who believes that matter, objects etc. have real existence beyond our perception of them.
  • * 1946 , (Bertrand Russell), History of Western Philosophy , I.19:
    • Aristotle's own doctrine is far from clear. It was this lack of clarity that made possible the medieval controversy between nominalists and realists .
  • One who believes in seeing things the way they really are, as opposed to how they would like them to be.
  • (arts, literature) An adherent of the realism movement; an artist who seeks to portray real everyday life accurately.

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