understanding of reality

collocation in English

meaningsofunderstandingandreality

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understanding
adjective
uk
/ˌʌn.dəˈstæn.dɪŋ/us
/ˌʌn.dɚˈstæn.dɪŋ/
An understanding person who has the ability to know how other people are feeling, and can forgive them if they do ...
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reality
noun
uk
/riˈæl.ə.ti/us
/riˈæl.ə.t̬i/
the state of things as they are, rather than as they are imagined ...
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(Definition ofunderstandingandrealityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Nevertheless, policy decisions should be based on anunderstandingofreality.
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To attain such a state as this, to achieve such a state of moksha, does not require the practice of emptiness, theunderstandingofreality.
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The inhabitants of this milieu entertained shared ideas, symbols, and imagery that shaped theirunderstandingofreality.
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In western religions, the most basic symbols for expressing and evoking anunderstandingofrealityand our relationship to it are personal.
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Addressing primarily our vision - and not other senses of embodiment - experimental video, computer graphics, and virtual images have transformed our conceptualunderstandingofreality.
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A project becomes hegemonic when it penetrates society's system of practices, meanings and values (including expectations, beliefs and theunderstandingofreality) up to the level of 'common sense'.
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That is clear from the wording of the treaty; and it is clear from anunderstandingofreality.
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Helena, which was published before the governor took office, showed a complete lack ofunderstandingofreality.
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It is through these rituals that religion is enacted and reinforced, creating a collectiveunderstandingofreality.
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This allows scientists to gain anunderstandingofreality, and later use that understanding to intervene in its causal mechanisms (such as to cure disease).
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It is a means to gain rightunderstandingofreality.
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It is the discipline searching for a generalunderstandingofreality, reasoning and values.
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What is being sold in the name of science is a completely naturalisticunderstandingofreality.
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People thus do not respond to this reality directly, but rather to the socialunderstandingofreality.
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Here, to create a newunderstandingofreality, one must logically connect his/her own idea to someone elses.
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The theory has also received criticism for ignoring other issues such as the perceived realism of the televised content, which could be essential in explaining people'sunderstandingofreality.
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This change in thought from 1st order cybernetics to 2nd order cybernetics involved a postmodern shift inunderstandingofrealityas objective to being socially and linguistically constructed.
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Pointers that link symbolic data structures to regions in images and maps provide symbol grounding and enable the world model to project itsunderstandingofrealityonto the physical world.
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Through the process of rationalization we naturally select the most emotionally satisfying explanation for our behavior, so long as it does not too seriously violate ourunderstandingofreality.
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Similarly, by removing the distinction between mental and physical phenomena the tensions created in dualist understandings of reality of how the mental and physical interact with one another are dispelled.
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