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cyberreal

adj

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek κυβερνάω (kubernáō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek κυβερνητικός (kubernētikós)bor. English cybernetic English cyber- Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Late Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Late Latin -ālis Late Latin reālisder. Old French reelbor. Middle English real English real English cyberreal From cyber- + real.

  1. derived from real English real English cyberreal From cyber- + real
  2. derived from reelbor
  3. derived from *-ālis Late Latin -ālis Late Latin reālisder✻
  4. derived from *reis Late Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der✻

Definitions

  1. Synonym of virtual, existing on the internet (in cyberspace) but not in real life.

    • My online beachfront home is cyberreal estate.

  2. Real within the context of the internet, although limited or attenuated in real life.

    • Our relationship is cyberreal, which is fine for now.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cyberreal. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA