reality
nouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ɹiːˈælɪti//
- United States//ɹiˈæləti//
The state of being actual or real; realness.
noun
- 1
The state of being actual or real; realness.
The reality of the crash scene on TV dawned upon him only when he saw the victim was no actor but his friend.
While the SCP universe is, of course, filled with things that we would certainly not consider "real", most of the SCPs are tangible or perceivable in some way. There are those concepts, however, whose reality is debatable, even to the SCP Foundation, begging them to ask the question of what, exactly, is real.
- 2
The real world.
A man very often fancies that he understands a critic, when in reality he does not comprehend his meaning.
As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish,[…]. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get.[…]I do not suppose that it matters much in reality whether laws are made by dukes or cornerboys, but I like, as far as possible, to associate with gentlemen in private life.
Does this mean that reality has caught up with science fiction?
- 3
A real entity, event, or other fact.
The ultimate reality of life is that it ends in death.
There are several new realities that this team now needs to accept: our old project is dead, and our new project is now the priority.
And to realities yield all her shows.
My neck, Sir, may be an idea to you, but to me it is a reality.
- 4
The entirety of all that is real.
- 5
An individual observer's own subjective perception of that which is real.
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obsoleteLoyalty; devotion.
To express our reality to the emperor.
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obsoleteRealty; real estate.
- 8
Reality television.
a foray into reality programming
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Classical Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin reālis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Medieval Latin reālitāslbor. French réalitéder. English reality From French réalité (“quality of being real”), from Middle French realité (“property, possession”), from Medieval Latin reālitās, from Late Latin reālis (“real”), equivalent to real + -ity. Recorded since 1550 as a legal term in the sense of “fixed property” (compare real estate, realty); the sense “real existence” is attested from 1647. First attested in c. 1540.
Forms
- plural
- realities
reality · The state of being actual or real; realness.
Reality · A female given name from English.realization · The act of realizing, as: An act of figuring out or becoming…realize · To become aware of, understand, or appreciate (a fact or…