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During an intermission at the Tallinn opera, an older Estonian man caught me staring up at the sprawling, Soviet-era socialist realist ceiling mural, which depicts Communism triumphant.
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Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 7 May 2025
Spanning nearly two decades of work, the exhibition, currently on view at The Whitney Museum of American Art is an assemblage of close to 50 portraits that reimagine the American realist tradition by centering Black subjects in moments of stillness, style, and sovereign presence.
—Najha Zigbi-Johnson, Essence, 30 Apr. 2025
At first, the book reads like a realist family novel.
—Ruben Reyes Jr., New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
Working with his skilled team of animators, Bienvenu evokes Iris’ world with the detail and bold touch of a realist.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025
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Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 7 May 2025
Spanning nearly two decades of work, the exhibition, currently on view at The Whitney Museum of American Art is an assemblage of close to 50 portraits that reimagine the American realist tradition by centering Black subjects in moments of stillness, style, and sovereign presence.
—Najha Zigbi-Johnson, Essence, 30 Apr. 2025
At first, the book reads like a realist family novel.
—Ruben Reyes Jr., New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
Working with his skilled team of animators, Bienvenu evokes Iris’ world with the detail and bold touch of a realist.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for realist
cynic
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However, cynics have long predicted that AVs will flounder among the flocks of cyclists in European cities such as Amsterdam.—
Carlton Reid,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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Instead, cynics might argue, the exercise was about proving to the White House that Putin was not interested in the peace, or indeed the specific ceasefire proposal, that the Trump administration sought.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
12 May 2025
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“Realist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/realist. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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