dramality

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noun

A genre of television programming that blends reality TV with elements of drama.

OriginEnglish reality ← French réalité ← Medieval Latin reālitā →
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Meanings

noundramality (countable and uncountable, plural dramalities)

plural dramalities

  1. uncountableA genre of television programming that blends reality TV with elements of drama.

    Minnie had come up with the brilliant idea of spoofing a dramality show of Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, and Lindsay Lohan doing "hard time" in a primadonna version of prison, complete with diamond-studded ankle cuffs.

    2008, Kate Harmon, The Formal, Speak, →ISBN, page 53
  2. countableA television program of this genre.

    Yet neither thinks dramalities signal an end to either scripted or traditional reality TV.

    2004 November 17, Anne Becker, “Scenes From a Marriage”, in Broadcasting & Cable

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekδράω (dráō)
  2. Ancient Greekδρᾶμᾰ (drâmă)
  3. Late Latindrāma
  4. Englishdrama
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁ís
  7. Proto-Italic*reis
  8. Classical Latinrēs
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  11. Latinreālis
  12. Medieval Latinreālitā
  13. Frenchréalité
  14. Englishreality
  15. Englishdramality

Blend of drama + reality. Coined by Survivor creator Mark Burnett in 2000.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

admiralty
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APA

dramality. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dramality

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dramality,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dramality.

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