realness
State of being
Realness is the quality of being real or authentic.
In drag and ballroom culture, realness specifically means passing convincingly as something you're not—appearing indistinguishable from the genuine article: She served executive realness on the runway.
The term has spread into broader usage for any impressive display of authenticity or conviction: That outfit is giving realness.
Quality of being real
- legitimacyLawful or rightful status
- validityQuality of being sound
- credibilityQuality inspiring trust
- originalityNovel creative quality
integrity · verisimilitude · bona fide · unadulterated · unfeigned · undisguised · unpretentious · realistically
Truthfulness, sincerity
- candorUnguarded truthfulness
- franknessDirect, unguarded honesty
- heartfeltDeeply and sincerely meant
- earnestnessGenuine seriousness of intent
transparency · openness · forthrightness · guileless · straightforward · genuine · wholehearted · unaffected
genuineness
Quality of being real
- legitimacyLawful or rightful status
- validityQuality of being sound
- credibilityQuality inspiring trust
originality · integrity · verisimilitude · bona fide · unadulterated · unfeigned · undisguised · unpretentious · realistically · lifelikeness
honesty
Truthfulness, sincerity
earnestness · transparency · openness · forthrightness · guileless · straightforward · genuine · wholehearted · unaffected · artlessness
factuality
Adherence to truth
objectivity · evidence · verification · proof · certainty · verity · empirical · concrete · tangible · substantive
category
A class of things
legendary · iconic · sickening · fierce · face · body · presence · charisma · nerve · talent
- authenticityauthentic, genuine, fake, counterfeit, bogus
- sinceritysincerity, sincere, genuine, genuineness, honesty
- Gay Culturerainbow flag, coming out, gay bar, drag queen, Stonewall
- Queer Culturegay, drag culture, lesbian, bisexual, transgender
- credstreet cred, credibility, trust, legitimacy, validity
- dragdrag, drag queen, drag queens, drag king, drag kings
realnessfakeness
Lack of genuineness
phoniness · artificiality · falseness · inauthenticity · pretense
realnessunreality
Quality of being imaginary
nonexistence · illusion · fantasy · fiction · virtuality
real, realize, really, reality, unreal, surreal, realism, unreality, surrealism