Meaning of REALITY
| Pronunciation: | | ree'alitee
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- [n] the quality possessed by something that is real
- [n] 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"
- [n] the state of being actual or real; "the reality of his situation slowly dawned on him"
- [n] the state of the world as it really is rather than as you might want it to be; "businessmen have to face harsh realities"
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| | Synonyms: | | realism, realness, world |
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| | Antonyms: | | irreality, unreality, unreality | | |
| | See Also: | | actuality, corporeality, experience, fact, historicalness, materiality, physicalness, real life, real world | |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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