Meanings
adjectiveantirealist (not comparable)
- not comparableThat rejects realism.
Even in relatively realistic settings such as a kitchen […] every detail is painstakingly rendered in antirealist fashion, from the pots and pans hanging from the wall that appear to be fashioned from foil to the sliced tomatoes made of construction paper.
2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 86
Origin
- Englishanti-
- Late Latinreālis
- Old Frenchree
- Middle Englishreal
- Englishreal
- Englishrealist
- Englishantirealist
Translations
Portuguese antirrealista
- antirrealistaone who rejects realism
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