lack of realism
collocation in Englishmeaningsofandrealism
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realism
noun[U]
uk/ˈrɪə.lɪ.zəm/us/ˈriː.ə-/
a way of thinking and acting based on facts and what is possible, rather than on hopes for things that are unlikely ...
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(Definition oflack-ofandrealismfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Whether this produces less valid results compared to strong statistical designs accompanied bylackofrealismis yet unanswered.
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Partly thislackofrealismre-ected an institutional inability to consider a wider range of options, including devaluation.
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They show a totallackofrealism, given the appalling injuries and shock inflicted on victims of crime.
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Anybody who imagined that this type of friction would not arise in my opinion was guilty of alackofrealism.
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It is a symptom oflackofrealism.
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I am sure that that criticism is justified because the term implies alackofrealism.
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Thislackofrealismis having the most serious results.
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In doing so, they merely exhibit theirlackofrealism.
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In participating in the lottery, there is alackofrealismand a gullibility which we as a nation cannot afford to feed and fuel.
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I also find alackofrealismabout the whole idea that somehow we want to impose a particular business model on broadcasting.
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Alackofrealismcan thrive when there is no one to question it.
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In the speeches we have heard, there has been a certainlackofrealism.
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Thatlackofrealismis corroborated by two sets of facts.
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This, however, is the start of the sideslip intolackofrealism, self-righteousness and fundamentalism.
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The obstinacy demonstrated here reveals a strikinglackofrealism.
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It seems to me that in all discussions of this kind there is alackofrealism.
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However, there comes a time when so much has happened that to say nothing seems to show alackofrealism.
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I could give more examples of thelackofrealism.
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Theirlackofrealismand the sheer hypotheses of their assumptions mean that they should be dismissed as crystal gazing.
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However, the promises made within the framework of external action are the last straw in terms of thelackofrealism.
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