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realist

 noun
     
real‧ist [countable]
1 someone who accepts that things are not always perfect, and deals with problems or difficult situations in a practical way:
She had always been a realist, not a dreamer.
2 a writer, painter etc who shows or describes things, especially unpleasant things, as they really are in life
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