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reality television

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.

Noun

reality television (uncountable)

  1. A 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 Television1991, Fred D'Ignazio, "D'Iversions", COMPUTE, November 1991, COMPUTE Publications, page G–22

reality television meaning in Hindi, Arabic, Thai and Vietnamese

reality television in Hindi

television genre
वास्तविक टेलिविज़न vāstavik ṭelivizan

reality television in Arabic

television genre
تِلِفِزْيُون الْوَاقِع tilifizyūn al-wāqiʕ

reality television in Thai

television genre
เรียลลิตี้โชว์ riial-lí-dtîi-choo

reality television in Vietnamese

television genre
truyền hình thực tế

Forms of reality television

alternative formreality TV

Questions about reality television

What does reality television mean?
Reality television means a genre of television programming portraying one or more people who are not professional actors and depicting their reactions to given stimuli or goals.
What is reality television in Hindi?
Reality television in Hindi is वास्तविक टेलिविज़न (vāstavik ṭelivizan). See Reality television meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is reality television?
Reality television is a noun.

Words near reality television in the dictionary

  1. reality shifter
  2. reality shifters
  3. reality shifting
  4. reality show
  5. reality shows
  6. reality television
  7. reality testing
  8. reality therapy
  9. reality TV
  10. reality warper
  11. reality warpers

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