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reality
[ ree-al-i-tee ]
noun
- the state or quality of being real.
- resemblance to what is real.
- a real thing or fact.
- real things, facts, or events taken as a whole; state of affairs:
the reality of the business world; vacationing to escape reality.
- Philosophy.
- something that exists independently of ideas concerning it.
- something that exists independently of all other things and from which all other things derive.
- something that is real.
- something that constitutes a real or actual thing, as distinguished from something that is merely apparent.
adjective
- noting or pertaining to a TV program or film that portrays nonactors interacting or competing with each other in real but contrived situations, allegedly without a script:
a popular reality show; reality TV.
reality
/ ɪˈæɪɪ /
noun
- the state of things as they are or appear to be, rather than as one might wish them to be
- something that is real
- the state of being real
- philosophy
- that which exists, independent of human awareness
- the totality of facts as they are independent of human awareness of them See also conceptualism Compare appearance
- in realityactually; in fact
Other 51Թ Forms
- t··i·ٲ adjective
- ԴDzr·i·ٲ noun plural nonrealities
- r·i·ٲ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
- in reality, in fact or truth; actually:
brave in appearance, but in reality a coward.
Example Sentences
He says that whilst he commends Rothman's "clever handle" and the cinephile in him values the biopics' "bold statement about the value of cinemas and communal viewing," market realities present cautionary signs.
Far from operating according to the reality principle, Republican economics, like so many of their positions, is based on magical thinking.
The company has also expanded production of its mixed reality headsets in Vietnam.
In the early days of BTS you filmed a reality show where you were mentored by Warren G and Coolio — they even took you to Long Beach’s VIP Records…
Cain notes that for many in favelas it is a "reality to see and hear bullets flying every single day".
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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