Realistic
Realistic adjective - Willing to see things as they really are and deal with them sensibly.
Simulated
Simulated adjective - Lacking in natural or spontaneous quality.
Usage example: the simulated friendliness in public of two politicians who can't stand each other in private
Both words in one sentence
- A Simulated Urban Combat Area is a very realistic simulation of an urban area, complete with realistic signage, buildings and other stuff like that.
Source: Simulated Urban Combat Area -
Simulated Urban Combat Area - The architecture is amazingly realistic in more than several of the urban levels.
Source: Video Game / Painkiller - Never mind that the house style of Aardman Animations is claymation, so Flushed Away was done in simulated claymation; so of course the fur detail wasn't realistic — it wasn't meant to be.
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