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realness
re·al 1 R0069700 (rē′əl, rēl)adj.1. a. Being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verifiable existence: real objects; a real illness.b. True and actual; not imaginary, alleged, or ideal: real people, not ghosts; a film based on real life.c. Of or founded on practical matters and concerns: a recent graduate experiencing the real world for the first time.2. Genuine and authentic; not artificial or spurious: real mink; real humility.3. Being no less than what is stated; worthy of the name: a real friend.4. Free of pretense, falsehood, or affectation: tourists hoping for a real experience on the guided tour.5. Not to be taken lightly; serious: in real trouble.6. Philosophy Existing objectively in the world regardless of subjectivity or conventions of thought or language.7. Relating to, being, or having value reckoned by actual purchasing power: real income; real growth.8. Physics Of, relating to, or being an image formed by light rays that converge in space.9. Mathematics Of, relating to, or being a real number.10. Law Of or relating to stationary or fixed property, such as buildings or land.adv. Informal Very: I'm real sorry about that.n.1. A thing or whole having actual existence. Often used with the: theories beyond the realm of the real.2. Mathematics A real number.Idiom: for real Slang Truly so in fact or actuality: "Is this place for real? A wolf in a ... leisure suit and a cow in a print dress wait patiently on the couch in the lobby" (Teresa Carson).
[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin reālis, from Latin rēs, thing; see rē- in Indo-European roots.]
real′ness n.Synonyms: real1, actual, true, existent
These adjectives mean not being imaginary but having verifiable existence. Real implies authenticity, genuineness, or factuality: Don't lose the bracelet; it's made of real gold. She showed real sympathy for my predicament.
Actual means existing and not merely potential or possible: "rocks, trees ... the actual world" (Henry David Thoreau).
True implies consistency with fact, reality, or actuality: "It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true" (Bertrand Russell).
Existent applies to what has life or being: Much of the beluga caviar existent in the world is found near the Caspian Sea. See Also Synonyms at authentic.
re·al 2 R0069800 (rā-äl′)n. pl. re·als or re·al·es (-ä′lĕs) A silver coin formerly used in Spain and Latin America.
[Spanish, royal, real, from Latin rēgālis, royal, from rēx, rēg-, king; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]
re·al 3 R0069800 (rā-äl′)n. pl. re·ais (rā-īsh′) 1. A unit of currency formerly used in Portugal.2. See Table at currency.
[Portuguese, royal, real, from Latin rēgālis, royal; see real2.]Realness/Unrealness - Artificial like a piece of water in a French garden —W. Somerset Maugham
- Abstract and decorative as a snowstorm in a glass paperweight —George Garrett
- Artificial as a false mustache —Dorothea Straus
- Blurred, unreal, like a picture in the newspaper —Katherine Mansfield
- Distorted as the view through the wrong end of a telescope —Anon
- False as waxworks —Karl Shapiro
- (Sometimes I) feel like a figment of my own imagination —Lily Tomlin
- Genuine as rain —J. B. Priestly
- Had a squinty close view of the truth like a jeweler studying facets and flaws, like a man at a microscope —George Garrett
- He could block out reality as easily as exposing a roll of film —Jonathan Kellerman
- Real and insistent as a wound in one’s body —Milovan Djilas
- (The pain returned) real as a toothache —John Braine
- Real as hunger —Anon
- Real as several grain sacks thrown on top of each other —Flannery O’Connor
- Real as the passing of time —Anon
- (You and I are as) real at least as the people upstairs —James Merrill
- Reality met him like a swung shovel —Sharon Sheehe Stark
- (The room seemed as) unreal as a stage set —William Mcllvanney
- Real, like a punch on the nose —Stephen Longstreet
- Unreal, as ghostly as the brushing of a leaf against his face —Katherine Anne Porter
- Unreal as the emptiness of the air —Leonid Andreyev
- Unreal, like a poorly-played drama on the stage —Ben Ames Williams
- Unreal like mid-summer sunshine remembered at Christmas —Elizabeth Bowen
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | realness - the state of being actual or real; "the reality of his situation slowly dawned on him"realism, realityactuality - the state of actually existing objectively; "a hope that progressed from possibility to actuality"fact - an event known to have happened or something known to have existed; "your fears have no basis in fact"; "how much of the story is fact and how much fiction is hard to tell" |
realnessnounThe quality of being authentic:authenticity, genuineness, truthfulness, validity.
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Synonyms for realnessnoun the quality of being authenticSynonyms- authenticity
- genuineness
- truthfulness
- validity
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