Definition of realists:
(n) :
One who believes in seeing things the way they really are, as opposed to how they would like them to be.
(n) :
(art, literature) An adherent of the realism movement; an artist who seeks to portray real everyday life accurately.
(n) :
(philosophy) An advocate of realism; one who believes that matter, objects etc. have real existence beyond our perception of them.
(adj) :
Eye dialect spelling of realest.