realnessn.
/ˈrɪəlnəs/, U.S. /ˈri(ə)lnəs/ The fact or quality of being real; reality, truth.Apparently rare in 18th cent.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > reality or real existence or actuality > [noun] > reality or quality of being real
reality1545
formality1570
trueness1604
realness1612
thatness1643
positivity1659
actualness1668
positiveness1668
thingsomeness1674
somethingness1675
thingship1697
authenticity1839
thingness1840
truth1842
isness1865
thinginess1891
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [noun] > reality
truth1395
realty1440
reality1545
veriness1574
realness1612
fidelity1708
authenticity1839
intuitiveness1841
1612 S. Daniel First Pt. Hist. Eng. ii. 125 Their graunts and transactions as briefe and simple, which shewed them [sc. the English] a cleere-meaning people, retaining still the nature of that plaine realnesse they brought with them.
1642 D. Rogers Naaman 181 It hath brought realnesse of comfort and peace into it.
1675 T. Brooks Golden Key 206 This expression is used..to note out the truth and realness of the thing.
1754 A. Berthelson Eng. & Danish Dict. Reality or Realness, virkelighed, sandfærdighed.
1835 R. Browning Paracelsus iii. 79 Demonstrate to it The realness of the very joy it lives on.
1872 J. Ross Ministry of Reconcil. 53 A deep feeling of realness must pervade her spirit.
1885 Science 27 Nov. 472/2 There is such a freshness,..and such a realness to his narration that one is willing to overlook his many deficiencies in the art of expression.
1959 N. N. Holland First Mod. Comedies vi. 53 ‘Solid’ became a ‘plus’ word because it suggested realness, the mass and volume the new physics could measure.
1995 Mixmag May 92/3 Mary may feel differently on the next album, and I'd work with that. I bring the realness out of the person I'm producing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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