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reality

Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈælɪti/

The English word “reality” has 8 meanings listed here.

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.

Etymology

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.

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