Realmparticularly

Realmparticularly is a neologism used in speculative discourse to denote a quality of a defined realm whereby certain predicates, actions, or states are especially salient or constrained within that realm. It captures the idea that not all realms share the same set of possible events; some realms exhibit a realmparticularly that privileges or discourages particular possibilities. The term is commonly employed in world-building, fantasy studies, and thought experiments about modal spaces.

Etymology and usage history: Realmparticularly appears to have arisen in online communities in the early 2020s as a compound of realm and particularly. It has not become a standard term in formal philosophy, but it has found use in informal analyses of fictional settings and hypothetical models of reality.

Applications: In fictional or theoretical settings, realmparticularly helps explain why certain phenomena occur only in specific domains. For example, a magic system might function only in a dream realm, where the realmparticularly for memory makes recall a practical spell mechanism. In analytic discussions, the concept can help categorize how different locales constrain action or alter the plausibility of events.

Variants and related terms: Realmparticularity (noun) and realm-particular (adjective) are sometimes used as synonyms or related labels. Related concepts include locale, world-building constraints, and modal space.

See also: world-building, locale theory, modal logic, space of possibilities, narrative constraints.