unrealistn.adj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈrɪəlɪst/, U.S.

/ˌənˈriələst/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, realist n.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + realist n. With the use as adjective compare earlier realist adj.

A. n.

A person whose expectation or outlook is unrealistic. Also: a person who practises unrealism (see unrealism n. 2).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [noun] > lack of realism > person affected by

unrealist1888

1888 G. B. Shaw in Shaw (1996) 16 113 Dickens was an Unrealist when he, in the most literal sense, made fun of Tony Weller instead of making a man of him.

1895 J. K. Bangs House-boat on Styx x. 134 It is my privilege to present to you that eminent fabulist Baron Munchausen, the greatest unrealist of all time.

1938 A. L. Rowse in Polit. Q. Jan. 24 The hopeless doctrinaires,..the chronic unrealists, who are the despair of the [Labour] Party.

1958 S. Spender Engaged in Writing 67 They, with their fairy stories,..are the unrealists.

2005 I. Sharkansky Governing Israel 35 The real target of Harkabi's writing were the modern unrealists.., the nationalistic and religious zealots who would decide by themselves that the West Bank will be Israel's possession.

B. adj.

Not realistic; not representative of real life.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [adjective] > not realistic

piousa1640

unreal1837

unrealistic1860

non-realistic1882

unrealist1933

1933 M. M. Green tr. F. W. Halle Woman in Soviet Russia 322 The time is long past when people thought the Five Years' Plan was an ‘engineering romance’ of a nation with a tendency to unrealist day-dreaming.

1938 Studies: Irish Q. Rev. 27 657 His unrealist targets, the leaders of science, are bemused Kantians, Hegelians or even Fichteans.

1973 Screen Spring 48 Films which are deliberately ‘un-realist’ (legends, fairy stories, films of the phantastique genre, etc.).

1992 Guardian 9 Sept. 17/3 The furious Asian reaction to Japan's recent passage of the peacekeeping bill is just a foretaste of what would happen should the current ‘unrealist’ US–Japanese relationship erode.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unrealist
释义	unrealistn.adj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈrɪəlɪst/, U.S. /ˌənˈriələst/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, realist n. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + realist n. With the use as adjective compare earlier realist adj. A. n. A person whose expectation or outlook is unrealistic. Also: a person who practises unrealism (see unrealism n. 2). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [noun] > lack of realism > person affected by unrealist1888 1888 G. B. Shaw in Shaw (1996) 16 113 Dickens was an Unrealist when he, in the most literal sense, made fun of Tony Weller instead of making a man of him. 1895 J. K. Bangs House-boat on Styx x. 134 It is my privilege to present to you that eminent fabulist Baron Munchausen, the greatest unrealist of all time. 1938 A. L. Rowse in Polit. Q. Jan. 24 The hopeless doctrinaires,..the chronic unrealists, who are the despair of the [Labour] Party. 1958 S. Spender Engaged in Writing 67 They, with their fairy stories,..are the unrealists. 2005 I. Sharkansky Governing Israel 35 The real target of Harkabi's writing were the modern unrealists.., the nationalistic and religious zealots who would decide by themselves that the West Bank will be Israel's possession. B. adj. Not realistic; not representative of real life. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [adjective] > not realistic piousa1640 unreal1837 unrealistic1860 non-realistic1882 unrealist1933 1933 M. M. Green tr. F. W. Halle Woman in Soviet Russia 322 The time is long past when people thought the Five Years' Plan was an ‘engineering romance’ of a nation with a tendency to unrealist day-dreaming. 1938 Studies: Irish Q. Rev. 27 657 His unrealist targets, the leaders of science, are bemused Kantians, Hegelians or even Fichteans. 1973 Screen Spring 48 Films which are deliberately ‘un-realist’ (legends, fairy stories, films of the phantastique genre, etc.). 1992 Guardian 9 Sept. 17/3 The furious Asian reaction to Japan's recent passage of the peacekeeping bill is just a foretaste of what would happen should the current ‘unrealist’ US–Japanese relationship erode. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1888
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