Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. The quality or state of being actual or true.
- n. One, such as a person, an entity, or an event, that is actual: "the weight of history and political realities” ( Benno C. Schmidt, Jr.)
- n. The totality of all things possessing actuality, existence, or essence.
- n. 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.
- idiom in reality In fact; actually.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. The state of being actual or real.
- n. A real entity, event or other fact.
- n. The entirety of all that is real.
- n. An individual observer's own subjective perception of that which is real.
- n. loyalty; devotion
- n. realty; real estate
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. The state or quality of being real; actual being or existence of anything, in distinction from mere appearance; fact.
- n. 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.
- n. Loyalty; devotion.
- n. See 2d Realty, 2.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The being real; truth as it is in the thing; objective validity; independence of the attributions of individual thought; positively determinate being.
- n. That which is real or genuine; something that really is or exists, as opposed to what is imagined or pretended; an essential verity or entity, either in fact or in representation.
- n. In law, same as realty.
- n. Synonyms and Verity (see real). Reality means that a thing certainly is; truth applies to the correctness of what is said or believed about the thing, the conformity of such report or belief to reality. The reality of a danger; the actuality of the arrival of help; the truth about the matter.
- n. Same as realty.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. the state of being actual or real
- n. the state of the world as it really is rather than as you might want it to be
- n. the quality possessed by something that is real
- n. all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you
Etymologies
Examples
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**This is often the reality in Bulgaria, but Samokov seems to be a bit of an exception to the extent of the segregation - please try to refrain from tough judgements on this reality**.
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
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The evil, disease, sickness and other imperfections that we see and experience, have no reality, _in reality_, but have an _existence_ in _unreality_.
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..reality "here" is made up of odds n' ends & snippets from 'someones' truth but how often does it all fit w/ our own jigsawed "reality" ?
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"If, then, the veracity of consciousness be unconditionally admitted -- _if the intuitive knowledge of matter and mind_, and the consequent reality of their antithesis, be taken as truths," the doctrine of Natural Realism is established, and, "without any hypothesis or demonstration, the _reality of mind_ and the _reality of matter_." [
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Before the term "reality TV" was a twinkle in some producer's eye, wise old Santa understood the extraordinary brand-enhancement power of a Christmastime story of pain and redemption.
Michael L. Millenson: "Rudolph" Sings of Santa as Savvy Manager, Marketer
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As an example I pay $984 a month for health coverage (Blue Cross) for three of us, which in reality is ONLY major medical coverage.
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Body language, facial features, lips, eyes, gesticulations, in reality, is all apiece of the language we try our best to touch with words and more to make us understood.
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So he thinks he's paying for the average outcome of 2 years or more survival and low recurrence rates, but in reality is going to be paying for median outcome, which is 3 months and then dead.
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The computer industry really thrives on this mentality and so many people throw money away on new machines when in reality is a speed boost is needed then they may only need to buy memory for their machine.
anydelirium commented on the word reality
'I reject your reality and subsitute my own!' -Mythbusters
February 19, 2008
oroboros commented on the word reality
for a nitnoy peek into the 'reality' behind reality, see I plus Not-I equals Everything.
December 22, 2006