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reality

[ ree-al-i-tee ]

noun

plural realities
  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.
    1. something that exists independently of ideas concerning it.
    2. 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.


adjective

  1. 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.

reality

/ °ùɪˈæ±ôɪ³Ùɪ /

noun

  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
    1. that which exists, independent of human awareness
    2. the totality of facts as they are independent of human awareness of them See also conceptualism Compare appearance
  5. in reality
    actually; in fact
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²¹²Ôt¾±Â·°ù±ð·²¹±ôi·³Ù²â adjective
  • ²Ô´Ç²Ôr±ð·²¹±ôi·³Ù²â noun plural nonrealities
  • ±è°ù´Çr±ð·²¹±ôi·³Ù²â noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of reality1

From the Medieval Latin word °ù±ðÄå±ô¾±³ÙÄå²õ, dating back to 1540–50. See real 1, -ity
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Idioms and Phrases

  1. in reality, in fact or truth; actually:

    brave in appearance, but in reality a coward.

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Cain notes that for many in favelas it is a "reality to see and hear bullets flying every single day".

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After two days of stock market turmoil, however, this may also be remembered as the week the president's second-term agenda ran headfirst into economic - and political - reality.

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"It was fun to play up the conflict between our characters, but in reality I've always thought of Tom as a friend, and we've always supported each other."

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After watching Antoine Fuqua’s “Emancipation,†a period piece about slavery starring Will Smith, the director decided on a desaturated look for the film that would reflect the emotional state of the kids’ reality.

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His star power led to several reality shows on MTV and VH1 where he searched for the next big musical talent.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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