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 Definitions for reality: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Reality \Re*al"i*ty\ (r[-e]*[a^]l"[i^]*t[y^]), n.; pl.
Realities (-t[i^]z). [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.
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A man fancies that he understands a critic, when in
reality he does not comprehend his meaning.
--Addison.
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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.
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And to realities yield all her shows. --Milton.
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My neck may be an idea to you, but it is a reality
to me. --Beattie.
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3. [See 1st Realty, 2.] Loyalty; devotion. [Obs.]
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To express our reality to the emperor. --Fuller.
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4. (Law) See 2d Realty, 2.
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WordNet (r) 2.0
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reality
n 1: 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" [syn: world]
2: the state of being actual or real; "the reality of his
situation slowly dawned on him" [syn: realness, realism]
[ant: unreality]
3: the state of the world as it really is rather than as you
might want it to be; "businessmen have to face harsh
realities"
4: the quality possessed by something that is real [ant: unreality]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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63 Moby Thesaurus words for "reality":
accomplished fact, actuality, adventure, authenticity,
circumstance, confirmability, demonstratability, doubtlessness,
entelechy, episode, eternal verities, event, experience, fact,
factuality, fait accompli, genuineness, good sooth, grim reality,
hap, happening, happenstance, historical truth, historicity,
in reality, incident, incontestability, incontrovertibility,
indisputability, indubitability, indubitableness, irrefragability,
irrefutability, materiality, matter of fact, not a dream,
objective existence, occasion, occurrence, particular, phenomenon,
provability, questionlessness, really, sooth, the true, trueness,
truth, truthfulness, turn of events, ultimate truth,
unconfutability, undeniability, unerroneousness, unfallaciousness,
unfalseness, unimpeachability, unquestionability, unrefutability,
veracity, verifiability, verity, very truth
THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)
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REALITY, n. The dream of a mad philosopher. That which would remain
in the cupel if one should assay a phantom. The nucleus of a vacuum.
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