reality
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.
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.
Idioms about reality
in reality, in fact or truth; actually: brave in appearance, but in reality a coward.
Origin of reality
1Other words from reality
- an·ti·re·al·i·ty, adjective
- non·re·al·i·ty, noun, plural non·re·al·i·ties.
- pro·re·al·i·ty, noun
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How to use reality in a sentence
Your letter highlights so many of the harsh realities trans people face, specifically in regard to how society rejects us.
Dear Leelah, We Will Fight On For You: A Letter to a Dead Trans Teen | Parker Molloy | January 1, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTHow the polling firms and the media adjust to new realities also seems to be a rather long arc.
Finally, the political realities of this issue are overwhelming.
To Make Their Victory Durable, the GOP Must Fix the Minimum Wage | Dmitri Mehlhorn | November 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe realities with which we are engaged in our daily lives are secondary realities.
Amid unprecedented access to information, our fellow citizens are self-segregating themselves into separate political realities.
Pew Study: Americans Are Self-Segregating Amid Proliferating Partisan Media | John Avlon | October 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
This tendency to take art-representations for realities reappears even in the mental attitude of a child towards his stories.
Children's Ways | James SullyOne Christian tells me that "It is in the solemn realities of life that one gets his final evidence that Christianity is true."
God and my Neighbour | Robert BlatchfordSome of us have come through "the solemn realities of life," and have not realised that Christianity is true.
God and my Neighbour | Robert BlatchfordFortunately Miss Scovill had been the sort to teach her something of the realities of life.
Mystery Ranch | Arthur ChapmanAnd have we not to feel that those things are realities in either case before we are moved?
The 'Characters' of Jean de La Bruyre | Jean de La Bruyre
British Dictionary definitions for reality
/ (rɪˈælɪtɪ) /
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 (def. 6)
in reality actually; in fact
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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