physical reality
The tangible world
Physical reality is the world of matter, energy, space, and time—what exists independently of thought or perception.
It's what physics studies and what your body inhabits: The laws of physical reality don't care about your feelings.
The term often contrasts with mental states, virtual environments, or spiritual realms: She preferred online games to physical reality.
In philosophy, debates persist about whether physical reality is all that exists or merely one layer of existence.
- materialPhysical matter; pertinent
- tangiblePerceptible by touch
- concreteSolid building mixture
- brick and mortarBusiness with premises
- solidFirm matter state
solid ground · matter · substance · nuts and bolts · corporeal · flesh and blood · touchable · bare hands · existence · universe · flesh · earthly · down to earth · sensory · palpable · actual · hard facts · manifest
- realityactuality, existence, being, truth, facts
- real worlddaily life, lived experience, natural world
- naturalismnaturalism, determinism, empiricism, materialism, physicalism
- Carvakamaterialism, atheism, anti-ritualism
physical realitydreamworld
Imaginary realm during slumber
virtual world · cyberspace · augmented reality · altered states · hyperreality
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