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real life
n
a.  actual human life, as lived by real people, esp contrasted with the lives of fictional or fantasy characters miracles don't happen in real life
b.  (as modifier) a real-life mystery
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Noun1.real life - the practical world as opposed to the academic world; "a good consultant must have a lot of experience in the real world"
real world
reality, world - all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you; "his world was shattered"; "we live in different worlds"; "for them demons were as much a part of reality as trees were"
real life
noun reality, actuality, actual existence Children use fantasy to explore worrying aspects of real life.


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Since the objects of imitation are men in action, and these men must be either of a higher or a lower type (for moral character mainly answers to these divisions, goodness and badness being the distinguishing marks of moral differences), it follows that we must represent men either as better than in real life, or as worse, or as they are.
The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle View in context
Authors, as a rule, attempt to select and portray types rarely met with in their entirety, but these types are nevertheless more real than real life itself.
The Idiot by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
STRANGE DOINGS AT GLENINCH--A romance in real life seems to be in course of progress at Mr.
Law and the Lady by Collins, Wilkie View in context
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