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reality
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As a noun, reality means the state of being actual or real.
Meanings of reality
10 meaningsnoun
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.”
The real world.
A real entity, event, or other fact.
“The ultimate reality of life is that it ends in death.”
The entirety of all that is real.
An individual observer's own subjective perception of that which is real.
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”
Similar: worldThe state of the world as it really is rather than as you might want it to be
“businessmen have to face harsh realities”
The quality possessed by something that is real
Older and rare meanings (2)
obsoleteLoyalty; devotion.
legalobsoleteRealty; real estate.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).