realia

noun
/ɹeɪˈɑːlɪə/UK

Etymology

From Late Latin realia, neuter plural of realis (“real”).

  1. borrowed from realia

Definitions

  1. Objects from real life or from the real world, as opposed to theoretical constructs or…

    Objects from real life or from the real world, as opposed to theoretical constructs or fabricated examples.

    • It might be possible, for example, to work backwards from the known realia of Visigothic Spain.
  2. Words and expressions for culture-specific material elements.

  3. Physical objects in a library collection that do not fit into traditional categories of…

    Physical objects in a library collection that do not fit into traditional categories of media, whose media are the objects themselves, as opposed to their informational content, such as artifacts, tools, memorabilia, and naturally-occurring specimens.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for realia. 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