Usually means: Assessment of situation for truth.
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  1. reality check: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. reality check: Merriam-Webster
  3. reality check: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. reality check: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. reality check: Collins English Dictionary
  6. reality check: Vocabulary.com
  7. reality-check: Wordnik
  8. reality check: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. reality check: Wiktionary
  10. reality check: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. reality check: Dictionary.com
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  13. reality check: FreeDictionary.org
  14. reality check: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. reality check: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. reality check: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. reality check: Netlingo
  3. reality check: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (reality check)

▸ noun:  A check or review to make sure something is consistent, reasonable, etc.
▸ noun:  (idiomatic) A wake-up call; a reminder.

Similar:
recheck, double check, check, sanity test, review, revision, fact check, countercheck, revise, checkup, more...

Opposite:
delusion, fantasy, illusion, misconception, misbelief

Phrases:
needing a reality check, more...

Adjectives:
check, scrutinising, medical, suss, probing, searching, meet, correct, str, collect, detect

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Similar:
recheck, double check, check, sanity test, review, revision, fact check, countercheck, revise, checkup, more...

Opposite:
delusion, fantasy, illusion, misconception, misbelief

Phrases:
needing a reality check, more...

Adjectives:
check, scrutinising, medical, suss, probing, searching, meet, correct, str, collect, detect



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