semireality

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noun

Something not quite real, having a partial resemblance to reality.

OriginEnglish reality ← French réalité ← Medieval Latin reālitā →
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Meanings

nounsemireality (uncountable)
  1. uncountableSomething not quite real, having a partial resemblance to reality.

    The series, along with such like-minded shows as the MTV semireality show “The Hills” and a cautionary senior edition, “The Real Housewives of New York City,” are focused on friends, and most of all on frenemies.

    2008 May 18, Alessandra Stanley, “What Are Friends For? Power and Pain”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sēmi
  3. Latinsēmi-
  4. Englishsemi-
  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. Englishsemireality

From semi- + reality.

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Chicago

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