1. The state of being actual or real
   "the reality of his situation slowly dawned on him";
   - realness, realism
    
2. All of your experiences that determine how things appear to you
   "for them demons were as much a part of reality as trees were";
   - world
    
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
   "The reality of climate change is becoming increasingly apparent"

Derived forms: realities

See also: existent, real, unreal

Type of: actuality, corporality, corporeality, experience, materiality, physicality, physicalness

Antonym: unreality

Encyclopedia: Reality