Realistic and Working

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Realistic adjective - Willing to see things as they really are and deal with them sensibly.

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Working and realistic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Working" instead an adjective "Realistic".

Nearby Words: realize, real, realise, reality, really

Working adjective - Being in effective operation.

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Realistic and working are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Realistic" instead an adjective "Working".

Nearby Words: work, works, worked, workable, worker

Probably an Enforced Trope, as a more realistic characterization would cause young viewers to think poorly of real adults working in similar industries.

Source: Toxic, Inc.
Aqualad was working as a mole to try and uncover Black Manta's plans, and made his supposed betrayal to the Team seem all the more realistic by faking Artemis' murder.

Source: Reality Ensues / Western Animation
The actual cryonics laboratory could be the least realistic of all, since everyone working there is kind of a goofball and the freezers can basically be used for anything at all, no questions asked.

Source: Harmless Freezing

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