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reality |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Reality \Re*al"i*ty\, n.; pl {Realities}. [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 A man fancies that he understands a critic, when in reality he does not comprehend his meaning. --Addison. 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. And to realities yield all her shows. --Milton. My neck may be an idea to you but it is reality to me --Beattie. 3. [See 1st {Realty}, 2.] Loyalty; devotion. [Obs.] To express our reality to the emperor. --Fuller. 4. (Law) See 2d {Realty}, 2. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: 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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