Lexica → Word → reality
| Letter | R |
|---|---|
| Letter name | ar |
| Pronounciation | /ɑr/ |
| Word: | reality |
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| Pronounciation: | |
| Century: | 13th |
| DA Name: | reality |
| Era: | C.E. |
| Origin: | Original |
| Type: | Official |
| Source Language: | Latin |
Source Language Words: | From 13th Century Latin realis “genuine, without doubt”. From ancient Latin res= thing and rem=see. |
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Definition: | In the mid 16th century, the word real came to mean "that which is actually and truly such as its name implies; possessing the essential qualities denoted by its name; hence genuine, undoubted" (1559). Around the beginning of the 17th century, the definition of real developed further to mean " having an objective existence; actually existing as a thing." (1601). Around 1647 the word reality acquired the additional meaning: "real existence; the aggregate of real things or existences that which underlies and is the TRUTH of appearances or phenomena." |