realist

/ˈrɪəlɪst/ noun [C]

Definition

PERSON › someone who accepts the true facts of a situation and does not hope for things that will not happen

ARTIST ETC › an artist or writer who shows people and things in their work as they are in real life

(Definition of realist noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to refuse to accept something or someone because you feel that they are not worth having

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