Antonyms for realness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ree-uh l, reel |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈri əl, ril |
Definition of realness
Origin :- early 14c., "actually existing, true;" mid-15c., "relating to things" (especially property), from Old French reel "real, actual," from Late Latin realis "actual," in Medieval Latin "belonging to the thing itself," from Latin res "matter, thing," of uncertain origin. Meaning "genuine" is recorded from 1550s; sense of "unaffected, no-nonsense" is from 1847.
- Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand. [Margery Williams, "The Velveteen Rabbit"]
- Real estate is first recorded 1660s and retains the oldest English sense of the word. Noun phrase real time is early 19c. as a term in logic and philosophy, 1953 as an adjectival phrase; get real, usually an interjection, was U.S. college slang in 1960s, reached wide popularity c.1987.
- noun authenticity
- It's a little contest in relative approximations to realness.
- Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort
- Its oppositions are no part of its realness; and therefore they can be overcome.
- Extract from : « Practical Mysticism » by Evelyn Underhill
- They impress the world with a sense of their courage and realness.
- Extract from : « The Story of Mary MacLane » by Mary MacLane
- That is, I knew in my mind, but I never imagined the realness of what would happen.
- Extract from : « Category Phoenix » by Boyd Ellanby
- It ticks away companionably, as if to reassure me of its realness.
- Extract from : « The Camp Fire Girls on the Open Road » by Hildegard G. Frey
- And I make not even the intellect side of this book, which is a Realness to me, without sweet fine sweatings of blood.
- Extract from : « I, Mary MacLane » by Mary MacLane
- The realness of that sacrifice of His stands out very vividly in the intensity of His feelings, of which we get only glimpses.
- Extract from : « Quiet Talks with World Winners » by S. D. Gordon
- The odor from burning joss sticks will contribute to the realness of the affair.
- Extract from : « Bright Ideas for Entertaining » by Mrs. Herbert B. Linscott
- These papers have a realness about them, which have their weight against any suspicions, however strong.
- Extract from : « Confession » by W. Gilmore Simms
- Science is the attempt to awaken to realness, wherein it is attempt to find regularity and uniformity.
- Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort
Synonyms for realness
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