Meaning and Origin
What does the name Reality mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
Origin and Meaning of Reality
User Submitted Origins
American
57%
English
29%
Hindu
7%
Japanese
7%
User Submitted Meanings
- A user from Jamaica says the name Reality means "A princess that keeps stuff real".
- A user from the United States says the name Reality is of English origin and means "Princess".
- According to a user from Florida, U.S., the name Reality is of American origin and means "Gift from God".
International Interest
Also see international interest
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
noun Re*al"i*ty
Senses
- The state or quality of being real; actual being or existence of anything, in distinction from mere appearance; fact."A man fancies that he understands a critic, when in reality he does not comprehend his meaning." [Addison.]
- That which is real; an actual existence; that which is not imagination, fiction, or pretense; that which has objective existence, and is not merely an idea."And to realities yield all her shows." [Milton.]"My neck may be an idea to you, but it is a reality to me." [Beattie.]
- Loyalty; devotion.(Obs)"To express our reality to the emperor." [Fuller.]
Etymology: See 1st Realty, 2
- [Law] See 2d Realty, 2.
Etymology: Cf. F. réalité, LL. realitas. See 3d Real, and cf. 2d Realty
Other Dictionary Sources
- The quality possessed by something that is real
- All of your experiences that determine how things appear to you ("for them demons were as much a part of reality as trees were")
- The state of being actual or real ("the reality of his situation slowly dawned on him")
- The state of the world as it really is rather than as you might want it to be
Wiktionary
[circa 1540] From French réalité (“quality of being real”), from Middle French realité (“property, possession”), from Medieval Latin reālitās, from Late Latin reālis (“real”). 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.
- The state of being actual or real.
- The of the crash scene on TV dawned upon him only when he saw the victim was no actor but his friend.
- A real entity, event or other fact.
- The ultimate of life is that it ends in death.
- The entirety of all that is real.
- An individual observer's own subjective perception of that which is real.
- (obsolete) Loyalty; devotion.
- (law, obsolete) Realty; real estate.
reality was also found in the following language(s): Spanish