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reality
English
Etymology
[circa 1540] From French réalité (“quality of being real”), from Middle French realité (“property, possession”), from Medieval Latin re?lit?s, from Late Latin re?lis (“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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?i?æl?ti/, /?i?æl?ti/
- Rhymes: -æl?ti
Noun
reality (usually uncountable, plural realities)
- The state of being actual or real.
- A man very often fancies that he understands a critic, when in reality he does not comprehend his meaning.
- A real entity, event or other fact.
- 1770, James Beattie, Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth
- My neck, Sir, may be an idea to you, but to me it is a reality.
- 1770, James Beattie, Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth
- The entirety of all that is real.
- An individual observer's own subjective perception of that which is real.
- (obsolete) Loyalty; devotion.
- 1642, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State and the Profane State
- To express our reality to the emperor.
- 1642, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State and the Profane State
- (law, obsolete) Realty; real estate.
Synonyms
- truth
- actuality
Antonyms
- fantasy
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Usage notes
Adjectives that collocate with reality include: harsh; stark; brutal; grim; bitter
Further reading
- reality on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- irately, tearily
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English reality. Doublet of realidad.
Noun
reality m (plural realities or realitys)
- (television) reality show
- Synonym: reality show
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realistic
English
Etymology
realist +? -ic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?????l?st?k/, /??i?j??l?st?k/
- Rhymes: -?st?k
Adjective
realistic (comparative more realistic, superlative most realistic)
- Expressed or represented as being accurate, practicable, or not idealistic.
- A realistic appraisal of the situation.
- Relating to the representation of objects, actions or conditions as they actually are or were.
- A realistic novel about the Victorian poor.
Antonyms
- unrealistic
- utopian
Derived terms
- realisticity
- realisticness
Related terms
- real
- realism
- realist
- reality
- realize
Translations
Anagrams
- clarities, eristical
realistic From the web:
- what realistic fiction
- what realistic mean
- what realistic fiction means
- what realistically happens when you die
- what realistic job should i have
- what realistic thing should i draw
- what realistic is the story
- what are examples of realistic fiction
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