reality : Idioms & Phrases
in reality
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adverb used to imply that one would expect the fact to be the opposite of that stated; surprisingly
actually.
- you may actually be doing the right thing by walking out
- she actually spoke Latin
- they thought they made the rules but in reality they were only puppets
- people who seem stand-offish are in reality often simply nervous
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reality check
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noun an occasion on which one is reminded of the nature of things in the real world
- this program is intended as a reality check for CEOs
- after all those elaborate productions, I felt in need of a reality check
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reality principle
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noun (psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the ego; the principle that as a child grows it becomes aware of the real environment and the need to accommodate to it
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virtual reality
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noun a hypothetical three-dimensional visual world created by a computer; user wears special goggles and fiber optic gloves etc., and can enter and move about in this world and interact with objects as if inside it
