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Our "reality" is often not real in any objective sense because the preponderance of what we call our reality is made up of our interpretations, the meaning we make of our experience, the projections that we cast onto objects and events as we interact with them.

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  1. noun The quality or state of being actual or true.
  2. noun One, such as a person, an entity, or an event, that is actual: "the weight of history and political realities” (Benno C. Schmidt, Jr.)
  3. noun The totality of all things possessing actuality, existence, or essence.
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  • But the reality is actually a bit more complicated than that. —  Queerty
  • Developing a coherent policy response to this reality will be a pressing task awaiting the new US and Israeli administrations expected to assume power in the first part of next year. —  Israelated - English Israel blogs
  • But, you know, I think the reality is the technology for the delivery systems of news is changing. —  Democracy Now!
  • Other times, the reality is a bit too sunny, less relatable and more nauseating than anything else. —  Daily Tar Heel RSS
  • Fellow cancer sufferer JAMES LANDALE says the reality is a story about a girl preparing to die —  Home | Mail Online
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  1. =F. réalité =Spanish realidad =Portuguese realidade =Italian realitá, from Middle Latin realita (t-)s, from realis, real: see real. Cf. realty.
 

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