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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 realist
 現實主義者,寫實主義者,實在論者

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Re·al·ist, n.
 1. Philos. One who believes in realism; esp., one who maintains that generals, or the terms used to denote the genera and species of things, represent real existences, and are not mere names, as maintained by the nominalists.
 2. Art. & Lit. An artist or writer who aims at realism in his work. See Realism, 2.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 realist
      n 1: a philosopher who believes that universals are real and
           exist independently of anyone thinking of them
      2: a person who accepts the world as it literally is and deals
         with it accordingly
      3: a painter who represents the world realistically and not in
         an idealized or romantic style