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(noun) the quality possessed by something that is real |
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Related Words: corporeality, materiality, physicalness |
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Antonyms: unreality |
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(noun) the state of being actual or real: "the reality of his situation slowly dawned on him" |
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Synonyms: realism, realness |
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Related Words: actuality, fact |
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Antonyms: unreality |
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(noun) 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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Related Words: actuality, historicalness |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: world |
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Related Words: experience, real life, real world |
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