fact of life
How things are
A fact of life is something unpleasant or inconvenient that must be accepted because it cannot be changed: Traffic jams are just a fact of life in this city.
In the plural, the facts of life are basic truths about sex and reproduction, especially as explained to children: It's time to teach him the facts of life.
Cessation of life
- taxesMandatory government payments
- agingGrowing older over time
- changeTo make different
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
inequality · conflict · uncertainty · loss · impermanence · mortality · scarcity · competition
Coming into the world
- deathCessation of life
- heartbreakCrushing emotional pain
- failureLack of success
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
loss · work · responsibility · independence · relationships · parenthood · illness · setbacks
Copying or procreation
- pubertySexual development stage
- menstruationMonthly uterine bleeding
- conceptionFormation of an idea
- pregnancyCarrying developing offspring
Accordance with reality
- existenceState of being real
- actualityState of existing fact
- circumstancesConditions affecting an event
- conditionsPrevailing state of affairs
situation · given · inescapable · undeniable
Voluntary relinquishment of position
- acknowledgmentConfirmation of receipt
- reconciliationRestoration of friendly relations
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
stoicism · embracing · acquiescence · adaptation · coping · realism · pragmatism
death
Cessation of life
suffering · inequality · conflict · uncertainty · loss · impermanence · mortality · scarcity · competition · struggle
birth
Coming into the world
- deathCessation of life
- heartbreakCrushing emotional pain
- failureLack of success
rejection · loss · work · responsibility · independence · relationships · parenthood · illness · setbacks · success
reproduction
Copying or procreation
- pubertySexual development stage
- menstruationMonthly uterine bleeding
- conceptionFormation of an idea
truth
Accordance with reality
- existenceState of being real
- actualityState of existing fact
- circumstancesConditions affecting an event
conditions · situation · given · inescapable · undeniable
resignation
Voluntary relinquishment of position
- acknowledgmentConfirmation of receipt
- reconciliationRestoration of friendly relations
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
tolerance · stoicism · embracing · acquiescence · adaptation · coping · realism · pragmatism
fact of lifewishful thinking
Belief shaped by desire
fantasy · delusion · pipe dream · illusion · fairy tale
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