reality television

noun

A genre of television programming portraying one or more people who are not professional actors and depicting their reactions to given stimuli or goals.

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Meanings

nounreality television (uncountable)

alternative reality TV

  1. uncountablebroadcastingA genre of television programming portraying one or more people who are not professional actors and depicting their reactions to given stimuli or goals.

    Live, Reality Television

    1991, Fred D'Ignazio, "D'Iversions", COMPUTE, November 1991, COMPUTE Publications, page G–22

Translations

Arabic تِلِفِزْيُون الْوَاقِع
  • تِلِفِزْيُون الْوَاقِع (tilifizyūn al-wāqiʕ)television genre
Bulgarian риа́лити телеви́зия
  • риа́лити телеви́зия (riáliti televízija)television genre
Catalan telerealitat
  • telerealitattelevision genre
Chinese Mandarin 真人秀
  • 真人秀 (zhēnrénxiù)television genre
Dutch reality-tv
  • reality-tvtelevision genre
Finnish tositelevisio, tosi-tv
  • tositelevisiotelevision genre
  • tosi-tvtelevision genre
French téléréalité
  • téléréalitételevision genre
German Reality-TV
  • Reality-TVtelevision genre
Greek τηλεοπτική πραγματικότητα
  • τηλεοπτική πραγματικότητα (tileoptikí pragmatikótita)television genre
Hebrew תוכנית מציאות, ריאליטי
  • תוכנית מציאותtelevision genre
  • ריאליטי (re'áliti)television genre
Hindi वास्तविक टेलिविज़न
  • वास्तविक टेलिविज़न (vāstavik ṭelivizan)television genre
Hungarian valóságshow
  • valóságshowtelevision genre
Japanese リアリティ番組, リアリティ・テレビ
  • リアリティ番組 (riariti bangumi)television genre
  • リアリティ・テレビ (riariti-terebi)television genre
Korean 리얼리티 텔레비전
  • 리얼리티 텔레비전 (rieolliti tellebijeon)television genre
Portuguese televisão de realidade
  • televisão de realidadetelevision genre
Russian реа́лити-телеви́дение
  • реа́лити-телеви́дение (reáliti-televídenije)television genre
Spanish telerrealidad
  • telerrealidadtelevision genre
Thai เรียลลิตี้โชว์
  • เรียลลิตี้โชว์ (riial-lí-dtîi-choo)television genre
Turkish reality TV
  • reality TVtelevision genre
Vietnamese truyền hình thực tế
  • truyền hình thực tếtelevision genre
Cite this entry
APA

reality television. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reality%20television

MLA

“reality television.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reality%20television. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reality television,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reality%20television.

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