facing the facts
Confronting the truth
Facing the facts means acknowledging reality, especially when it's unpleasant or inconvenient.
The phrase often appears when someone must abandon wishful thinking or denial: Let's face the facts—we can't afford this house.
To face facts is to confront circumstances as they actually are rather than as you'd prefer them to be.
- acknowledgmentConfirmation of receipt
- truthAccordance with reality
- hard truthUnpleasant accurate statement
- silenceTotal lack of sound
- acceptanceConsent to receive
honesty · brutal honesty · no nonsense · reality check · wake up call · problem-solving · responsibility · courage · realism · mirror · decision-making · reckoning · vulnerability · clarity · critical thinking · objectivity · introspection · taking stock
facing the factsdenial
Refusal to accept reality
wishful thinking · self-deception · burying one's head in the sand · in denial · turning a blind eye
facing the factsavoidance
Deliberate keeping away
sticking one's head in the sand · looking the other way · suppression · repression · dissociation
facing the factswishful thinking
Belief shaped by desire
fantasizing · magical thinking · rose-colored glasses · make-believe · daydreaming
face, faced, faces, facial, facially, surface, interface, deface, efface