Meaning of real life | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment; often used in comparison to events depicted in drama.
   countable, uncountable
2. Life outside of the Internet.
   broadly, countable, figuratively, proscribed, sometimes, uncountable
3. Pressing day-to-day commitments.
   broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Near-synonyms: real world, reality”

“Near-synonyms: real world, reality, real reality (intentional pleonasm under certain circumstances)”

“I kept meaning to look⟳ for a better-paying job, but real life intervened.”

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