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realm

noun
/ɹɛlm/UK/rɛːm/

Etymology

From Middle English rewme, realme, reaume, from Old French reaume, realme, reialme (“kingdom”), of unclear origins. A postulated *rēgālimen (“domain, kingdom”), Late Latin or Vulgar Latin cross of regimen with rēgālis is usually cited. The modern spelling predominates from around 1600. The modern pronunciation with /l/ is either a spelling pronunciation or influenced by the etymology.

  1. derived from reaume
  2. inherited from rewme

Definitions

  1. A territory or state, as ruled by an absolute authority, especially by a king

    A territory or state, as ruled by an absolute authority, especially by a king; a kingdom.

    • And, of this island realm, he and his companion were the undisputed sovereigns.
    • 1913, Leslie Alexander Toke, Catholic Encyclopedia, "St. Dunstan", Then seeing his life was threatened he fled the realm and crossed over to Flanders, […]

  2. A sphere of knowledge or of influence

    A sphere of knowledge or of influence; a domain.

    • the realm of physics
    • the realm of corporate governance
    • Why should we despise anything in the realm of Buddha?

  3. A primary zoogeographical division of the earth's surface.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A taxonomic rank in the phylogeny of viruses, higher than kingdoms.

    2. A region or zone forming part of a cosmological system.

The neighborhood

  • synonymcountrya territory or state
  • synonymlanda territory or state
  • synonymkingdoma territory or state

Derived

abjuration of the realm, abjure the realm, abstract realm, coin of the realm, Commonwealth realm, custom of the realm, Eastern Realm, experience realm, floristic realm, hell realm, Ice Realm, Indomalayan realm, interrealm, in the realm of shades, Northern Realm, Oriental realm, peer of the realm, realmless, realmlessness, realmlet, realm of fantasy, realm of possibility, realm of the dead, Schengen realm, shadow realm, Snow Realm, Southern Realm, underrealm, unrealmed, Western Realm

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at realm. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at realm. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at realm

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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