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reality

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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.
5.
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.
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Origin:
1540–50; < ML reālitās. See real1, -ity

—Related forms
an·ti·re·al·i·ty, adjective
non·re·al·i·ty, noun,plural-ties.
pro·re·al·i·ty, noun
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reality (rɪˈælɪtɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—n , pl -ties
1.  the state of things as they are or appear to be, rather than as one might wish them to be
2.  something that is real
3.  the state of being real
4.  philosophy
 a.  that which exists, independent of human awareness
 b.  See also conceptualism Compare appearance the totality of facts as they are independent of human awareness of them
5.  in reality actually; in fact

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Word Origin & History

reality
1550, originally a legal term in the sense of "fixed property," from M.L. realitatem (nom. realitas), from L.L. realis; meaning "real existence" is from 1647.
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reality re·al·i·ty (rē-āl'ĭ-tē)
n.

  1. The quality or state of being actual or true.

  2. The totality of all things possessing actuality, existence, or essence.

  3. That which exists objectively and in fact.

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