Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The quality or state of being actual or true.
- noun One, such as a person, an entity, or an event, that is actual.
- noun The totality of all things possessing actuality, existence, or essence.
- noun That which exists objectively and in fact.
- adjective 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 The Century Dictionary.
- noun The being real; truth as it is in the thing; objective validity; independence of the attributions of individual thought; positively determinate being.
- noun 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.
- noun In law, same as
realty . - noun 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.
- noun Same as
realty .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state or quality of being real; actual being or existence of anything, in distinction from mere appearance; fact.
- noun 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.
- noun obsolete Loyalty; devotion.
- noun (Law) See 2d
Realty , 2.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state of being
actual orreal . - noun A
real entity ,event or otherfact . - noun The entirety of all that is real.
- noun An individual observer's own
subjective perception of that which is real. - noun obsolete
loyalty ;devotion - noun law, obsolete
realty ;real estate
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the state of being actual or real
- noun the state of the world as it really is rather than as you might want it to be
- noun the quality possessed by something that is real
- noun all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you
Etymologies
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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**.
Archive 2008-11-01 ElonGradBlogger 2008
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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. ElonGradBlogger 2008
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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_.
Within You is the Power Henry Thomas Hamblin
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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" ?
No Money Mo Problems: Involuntary Collabos BikeSnobNYC 2008
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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 Michael L. Millenson 2011
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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.
..gente buena 2009
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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.
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
anydelirium commented on the word reality
'I reject your reality and subsitute my own!' -Mythbusters
February 19, 2008