Meanings
adjectivenonrealistic (not comparable)
- not comparableDeliberately unrealistic.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Germanic*ne
- Proto-Indo-European*ís?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
- Proto-Germanic*ainaz
- Proto-Germanic*nainaz
- Proto-West Germanic*nain
- Old Englishnān
- Middle Englishnon
- Old Englishnān
- Old Englishnān-
- Middle Englishnon-
- Englishnon-
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁ís
- Proto-Italic*reis
- Classical Latinrēs
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Late Latinreālis
- Old Frenchree
- Middle Englishreal
- Englishreal
- Englishrealist
- Englishrealistic
- Englishnonrealistic
From non- + realistic.
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APA
nonrealistic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonrealistic
MLA
“nonrealistic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonrealistic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonrealistic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonrealistic.
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