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re⋅al⋅i⋅ty

[ree-al-i-tee]

–noun, plural -ties for 3, 5–7.

1.	the state or quality of being real.

2.	resemblance to what is real.

3.	a real thing or fact.

4.	real things, facts, or events taken as a whole; state of affairs: the reality of the business world; vacationing to escape reality.

Philosophy.

a.	something that exists independently of ideas concerning it.

b.	something that exists independently of all other things and from which all other things derive.

6.	something that is real.

7.	something that constitutes a real or actual thing, as distinguished from something that is merely apparent.

—Idiom

8.	in reality, in fact or truth; actually: brave in appearance, but in reality a coward.

Origin:
1540–50; < ML reālitās. See real ¹ , -ity

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re·al·i·ty (rē-āl'ĭ-tē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. re·al·i·ties

The quality or state of being actual or true.
One, such as a person, an entity, or an event, that is actual: "the weight of history and political realities" (Benno C. Schmidt, Jr.)
The totality of all things possessing actuality, existence, or essence.
That which exists objectively and in fact: Your observations do not seem to be about reality.

adj. Relating to or being a genre of television or film in which a storyline is created by editing footage of people interacting or competing with one another in unscripted, unrehearsed situations.