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Reality Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Reality
(n.)
The state or quality of being real; actual being or existence of anything, in distinction from mere appearance; fact.
(n.)
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.
(n.)
See 2d Realty, 2.
(n.)
Loyalty; devotion.
(n.)
The state or quality of being real; actual being or existence of anything, in distinction from mere appearance; fact.
(n.)
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.
(n.)
See 2d Realty, 2.
(n.)
Loyalty; devotion.
| WordNet 2.0 |
reality
Noun
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"
(synonym) world
(hypernym) experience
(hyponym) real world, real life
2. the state of being actual or real; "the reality of his situation slowly dawned on him"
(synonym) realness, realism
(antonym) unreality, irreality
(hypernym) actuality
(hyponym) fact
(attribute) real, existent
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"
(hypernym) actuality
(hyponym) historicalness
4. the quality possessed by something that is real
(antonym) unreality
(hypernym) materiality, physicalness, corporeality
Noun
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"
(synonym) world
(hypernym) experience
(hyponym) real world, real life
2. the state of being actual or real; "the reality of his situation slowly dawned on him"
(synonym) realness, realism
(antonym) unreality, irreality
(hypernym) actuality
(hyponym) fact
(attribute) real, existent
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"
(hypernym) actuality
(hyponym) historicalness
4. the quality possessed by something that is real
(antonym) unreality
(hypernym) materiality, physicalness, corporeality
| The Devil's Dictionary |
REALITY
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.
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.
| Australian Slang |
Reality check
moment of self-reflection; bringing of oneself back down to earth
moment of self-reflection; bringing of oneself back down to earth
| Anagram |
reality
irately tearily
irately tearily
| hEnglish - advanced version |
reality
reality
\re*al"i*ty\ (?), n.; pl. realities (#). [cf. f. réalité, 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.
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. my neck may be an idea to you, but it is reality to me.
3. [see 1st realty, 2.] loyalty; devotion. [obs.] to express our reality to the emperor.
4. (law) see 2d realty, 2.
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]
similar words(5)
virtual reality
reality principle
reality check
in reality
virtual reality modeling language
reality
\re*al"i*ty\ (?), n.; pl. realities (#). [cf. f. réalité, 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.
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. my neck may be an idea to you, but it is reality to me.
3. [see 1st realty, 2.] loyalty; devotion. [obs.] to express our reality to the emperor.
4. (law) see 2d realty, 2.
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]
similar words(5)
virtual reality
reality principle
reality check
in reality
virtual reality modeling language
| Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1 |
reality
fírinne
fírinne
Reality Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Rakefet |
Reality
Reality Words such as reality, truth, and good are understood in reference to their opposites; and the opposite of reality is appearance or illusion. There can be but one fundamental or all-pervading reality, and the word in this sense becomes an equivalent to the one All, parabrahman, by contrast with which all else is maya or appearance. Reality when implying various conceptions is therefore a relative term, and we can but say that one thing is real by comparison with another thing which is relatively unreal. A dream seems real enough until we awake, and then our waking mind seems real; yet this also will seem unreal when we awake to a still higher consciousness. Reality, like truth and unity, cannot be an object of knowledge except by intuition, which then functions on its own plane; for any mental faculty beneath intuition is itself relatively unreal, and its findings or deductions partake of the nature of their source; and all such deductions are understandable only by reference to their opposites. It is precisely this existence in nature of opposites which brings about the various mayas under which human understanding necessarily labors.
Reality Words such as reality, truth, and good are understood in reference to their opposites; and the opposite of reality is appearance or illusion. There can be but one fundamental or all-pervading reality, and the word in this sense becomes an equivalent to the one All, parabrahman, by contrast with which all else is maya or appearance. Reality when implying various conceptions is therefore a relative term, and we can but say that one thing is real by comparison with another thing which is relatively unreal. A dream seems real enough until we awake, and then our waking mind seems real; yet this also will seem unreal when we awake to a still higher consciousness. Reality, like truth and unity, cannot be an object of knowledge except by intuition, which then functions on its own plane; for any mental faculty beneath intuition is itself relatively unreal, and its findings or deductions partake of the nature of their source; and all such deductions are understandable only by reference to their opposites. It is precisely this existence in nature of opposites which brings about the various mayas under which human understanding necessarily labors.
Reality Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Theological and Philosophical Biography and Dictionary |
Reality
See Dynamic theory of physical reality ; Kinetic theory of physical reality ; Prekinetic theories of physical reality ; and Ultimate reality
See Dynamic theory of physical reality ; Kinetic theory of physical reality ; Prekinetic theories of physical reality ; and Ultimate reality
| Glossary of Kant's Technical Terms |
reality
if regarded from the empirical perspective, this refers to the ordinary world of nature; if regarded from the transcendental perspective, it refers to the transcendent realm of the noumenon.
if regarded from the empirical perspective, this refers to the ordinary world of nature; if regarded from the transcendental perspective, it refers to the transcendent realm of the noumenon.
| Kant Glossary |
REALITY
[A28/B44] Kant holds that although they are transcendentally ideal, objects in space and time have empirical reality. [A218/B265] In line with his coherence account of the nature of truth in the empirically real world, Kant defines actuality as "that which is bound up with the material conditions of experience, that is, with sensation, is actual". [A110] Again, in the Deduction in A Kant speaks of the "objective reality" of our empirical knowledge as "resting on the transcendental law, that all appearances, in so far as through them objects are to be given to us, must stand under those a priori rules of synthetical unity [viz., as prescribed by the unity of apperception and by the employment the categories] whereby the interrelating of these appearances in empirical intuition is alone possible." Cf. Affinity.
[A28/B44] Kant holds that although they are transcendentally ideal, objects in space and time have empirical reality. [A218/B265] In line with his coherence account of the nature of truth in the empirically real world, Kant defines actuality as "that which is bound up with the material conditions of experience, that is, with sensation, is actual". [A110] Again, in the Deduction in A Kant speaks of the "objective reality" of our empirical knowledge as "resting on the transcendental law, that all appearances, in so far as through them objects are to be given to us, must stand under those a priori rules of synthetical unity [viz., as prescribed by the unity of apperception and by the employment the categories] whereby the interrelating of these appearances in empirical intuition is alone possible." Cf. Affinity.
| Dream Quotations |
Anias Nin
Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the action stems the dream again; and this inter-dependence produces the highest form of living.
Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the action stems the dream again; and this inter-dependence produces the highest form of living.
Belva Davis
Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it, you can make it so.
Douglas Adams
He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.
Douglas H. Everett
There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other.
George William Curtis
I walked beside the evening sea
And dreamed a dream that could not be;
The waves that plunged along the shore
Said only: Dreamer, dream no more!
Henry H. Ellis
Dreams are real while they last. Can we say more of life?
John Updike
Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them.
Joseph Addison
If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is.
Louis Aragon
O reason, reason, abstract phantom of the waking state, I had already expelled you from my dreams, now I have reached a point where those dreams are about to become fused with apparent realities: now there is only room here for myself.
Margaret Fuller
Only the dreamer shall understand realities, though in truth his dreaming must be not out of proportion to his waking.
Samuel T. Coleridge
What if you slept? And what if, in your sleep, you dreamed? And what if, in your dream, you went to heaven and there plucked a strange and beautiful flower? And what if, when you awoke, you had the flower in your hand? Ah, what then?
Toni Cade Bambara
The dream is real, my friends. The failure to realize it is the only reality.
Reality Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Reality Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Reality
Reality / Dancin' in Hip-Hop was the 12th and last single released by Japanese singer Ami Suzuki under label Sony Music Japan.
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Reality, in everyday usage, means "the state of things as they actually exist." [1] The term reality, in its widest sense, includes everything that is, whether or not it is observable or comprehensible. Reality in this sense may include both being and nothingness, whereas existence is often restricted to being (compare with nature).
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