reality

Noun
  1. All of your experiences that determine how things appear to you (synset 105817904)
    "his world was shattered"; "we live in different worlds"; "for them demons were as much a part of reality as trees were"
    is a type of: experience - the content of direct observation or participation in an event
    subtypes: real life, real world - the practical world as opposed to the academic world
    same as: world
  2. The state of being actual or real (synset 113978747)
    "the reality of his situation slowly dawned on him"
    tells us about:
    • existent, real - being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
    • unreal - lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria
    is a type of: actuality - the state of actually existing objectively
    subtypes: fact - an event known to have happened or something known to have existed
    same as: realism, realness
  3. The state of the world as it really is rather than as you might want it to be (synset 113979383)
    "businessmen have to face harsh realities"
    is a type of: actuality - the state of actually existing objectively
    subtypes: historicalness - the state of having in fact existed in the past
  4. The quality possessed by something that is real (synset 104769610)
    is a type of: corporality, corporeality, materiality, physicalness - the quality of being physical; consisting of matter

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