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/ɹiːˈælɪti/
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/ɹiˈæləti/
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ɹiˈælɪti
Noun
The state of being actual or real; realness.
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The reality of the crash scene on TV dawned upon him only when he saw the victim was no actor but his friend.
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While the SCP universe is, of course, filled with things that we would certainly not consider "real", most of the SCPs are tangible or perceivable in some way. There are those concepts, however, whose reality is debatable, even to the SCP Foundation, begging them to ask the question of what, exactly, is real.
The real world.
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A man very often fancies that he understands a critic, when in reality he does not comprehend his meaning.
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As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish,[…]. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get.[…]I do not suppose that it matters much in reality whether laws are made by dukes or cornerboys, but I like, as far as possible, to associate with gentlemen in private life.
Does this mean that reality has caught up with science fiction?
A real entity, event, or other fact.
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The ultimate reality of life is that it ends in death.
There are several new realities that this team now needs to accept: our old project is dead, and our new project is now the priority.
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And to realities yield all her shows.
My neck, Sir, may be an idea to you, but to me it is a reality.
A dream, of simple fantasy / That I, wished was reality / That you'd, come knocking at my door / And we'd, relive this dream once more
Recent historical studies indicate that we must continue to challenge the notion that there is an unproblematic story of queer liberation. For example, how do local histories account for realities such as the increased racial segregation of the New York bar scene after Stonewall?
Given the economic realities of contemporary Poland, a requirement to provide information on movable assets which exceed PLN 10,000 in value cannot be held to be excessive.
Exploring alternative realities isn't just a game for boys. In 1666, Margaret Cavendish, the Duchess of Newcastle, published a utopian fantasy of compelling strangeness.
It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today[…].
But part of me was still glad to see this undoubtedly superficial take. As a society, we barely discuss the realities and implications of singledom. In pop culture singledom is almost invariably represented as an easily fixed unhappy state, a step along the way to getting happily hitched.
The entirety of all that is real.
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Across the entire Universe. Never stopping, never faltering, never fading. People and planets and stars will become dust. And the dust will become atoms and the atoms will become... nothing. And the wavelength will continue, breaking through the rift at the heart of the Medusa Cascade into every dimension, every parallel, every single corner of creation. This is my ultimate victory, Doctor! The DESTRUCTION! Of REALITY! ITSELF!
An individual observer's own subjective perception of that which is real.
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Loyalty; devotion.
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To express our reality to the emperor.
Realty; real estate.
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Reality television.
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a foray into reality programming
Noun
all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you
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his world was shattered
we live in different worlds
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for them demons were as much a part of reality as trees were
the state of being actual or real
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the reality of his situation slowly dawned on him
the state of the world as it really is rather than as you might want it to be
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businessmen have to face harsh realities
the quality possessed by something that is real
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