reality
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re·al·i·ty 
[ree-al-i-tee] Pronunciation Key
[ree-al-i-tee] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural -ties for 3, 5–7.
—Idiom
| 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.
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| 6. | something that is real. |
| 7. | something that constitutes a real or actual thing, as distinguished from something that is merely apparent. |
| 8. | in reality, in fact or truth; actually: brave in appearance, but in reality a coward. |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| re·al·i·ty
(rē-āl'ĭ-tē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. re·al·i·ties
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. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
reality
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| reality | |
noun | |
| 1. | all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you; "his world was shattered"; "we live in different worlds"; "for them demons were as much a part of reality as trees were" [syn: world] |
| 2. | the state of being actual or real; "the reality of his situation slowly dawned on him" [ant: irreality] |
| 3. | the state of the world as it really is rather than as you might want it to be; "businessmen have to face harsh realities" |
| 4. | the quality possessed by something that is real [ant: unreality] |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
reality re·al·i·ty (rē-āl'ĭ-tē)
n.
- The quality or state of being actual or true.
- The totality of all things possessing actuality, existence, or essence.
- That which exists objectively and in fact.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Reality
Re*al"i*ty\, n.; pl. Realities. [Cf. F. r['e]alit['e], LL. realitas. See 3d Real. and cf. 2d Realty.]1. The state or quality of being real; actual being or existence of anything, in distinction from mere appearance; fact. A man fancies that he understands a critic, when in reality he does not comprehend his meaning. --Addison. 2. That which is real; an actual existence; that which is not imagination, fiction, or pretense; that which has objective existence, and is not merely an idea. And to realities yield all her shows. --Milton. My neck may be an idea to you, but it is reality to me. --Beattie. 3. [See 1st Realty, 2.] Loyalty; devotion. [Obs.] To express our reality to the emperor. --Fuller. 4. (Law) See 2d Realty, 2.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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