reality
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[edit] Etymology
Recorded since 1550, originally a legal term in the sense of "fixed property" (cfr. real estate), from Medieval Latin realitas, from Late Latin realis 'real'; meaning "real existence" is from 1647.
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- IPA: /ɹiˈæləti/, SAMPA: /ri"{l@ti/
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reality (plural realities)
- The state of being actual or real.
- The reality of the crash scene on TV dawned upon him only when he saw the victim was no actor but his friend
- A real entity, event or other fact
- The ultimate reality of life is it ends in death
- The entirety of all that is real.
- An individual observer's own subjective perception of that which is real.
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state of being actual or real
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a real entity, event etc.
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entirety of all that is real
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an individual observer's subjective perception
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