English Explanatory Dictionary

reality

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The state of being actual or real; realness.
  2. The real world.
  3. A real entity, event, or other fact.
  4. The entirety of all that is real.
  5. An individual observer's own subjective perception of that which is real.
  6. Loyalty; devotion.
  7. Realty; real estate.
  8. Reality television.
name
  1. A female given name from English.

Pronunciation

/ɹiːˈælɪti/ /ɹiˈæləti/ en-us-reality.ogg

Word forms

reality realities

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin reālis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Medieval Latin reālitāslbor. French réalitéder. English reality From French réalité (“quality of being real”), from Middle French realité (“property, possession”), from Medieval Latin reālitās, from Late Latin reālis (“real”), equivalent to real + -ity. Recorded since 1550 as a legal term in the sense of “fixed property” (compare real estate, realty); the sense “real existence” is attested from 1647. First attested in c. 1540.

Synonyms

truth actuality

Antonyms

fantasy

Related words

realia realism realization realize realty

Derived words

alternate reality game antireality bite of the reality sandwich break reality celebreality cyberreality detached from reality disreality divorced from reality dramality extended reality hyperreality in reality irreality macroreality mugged by reality neoreality new reality nonreality online reality game pseudoreality reality-based reality bender reality challenged reality check reality distortion field reality gap reality mining reality pornography reality principle reality shifter reality shifting reality show reality television reality testing reality therapy reality TV reality warper reality warping semireality superreality telereality unreality wikiality
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