reality

(noun)

noun

1. all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you

- for them demons were as much a part of reality as trees were

Similar word(s): world

Definition categories: thought, experience

2. the state of being actual or real

- the reality of his situation slowly dawned on him

Similar word(s): realism, realness

Definition categories: state, actuality

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

Definition categories: state, actuality

4. the quality possessed by something that is real

Definition categories: attribute, corporality, corporeality, materiality, physicalness

Sentences with reality as a noun:

- The reality of the crash scene on TV dawned upon him only when he saw the victim was no actor but his friend.

- The ultimate reality of life is that it ends in death.