todellisuuksista

Todellisuus is Finnish for reality—the state or quality of things as they actually are, rather than as they appear. Todellisuuksista is the elative plural form of todellisuudet (realities), meaning from realities or about realities. The form is used when referring to multiple realities or when indicating the topic or source of discussion in a sentence.

In grammar, todellisuudet is the plural of todellisuus, and todellisuuksista marks the elative plural. Related forms include todellisuudesta (from reality), todellisuuksien (genitive plural), and todellisuuksiin (illative plural), depending on grammatical case and number. The word is common in everyday Finnish as well as in academic writing, journalism, and philosophical discourse, especially when distinguishing appearances from what is real or when speaking of different domains of reality.

Usage often appears in phrases such as “keskustelu todellisuuksista” (a discussion about realities) or “tutkimukset todellisuuksista” (studies of realities). In philosophy, todellisuus is central to debates on ontology, realism, and phenomenology, while todellisuuksista may be used to refer to multiple or contested realities, including natural, social, or constructed realities. In social sciences, the concept of realities is used to acknowledge that different groups may inhabit distinct yet coexisting understandings of the world.

See also todellisuus; todellisuudet. The term is a part of Finnish linguistic and philosophical usage and illustrates how language encodes number and relation through case forms.