REALITY CHECK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reality check mean? 

• REALITY CHECK (noun)
  The noun REALITY CHECK has 1 sense:

1. an occasion on which one is reminded of the nature of things in the real world

  Familiarity information: REALITY CHECK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REALITY CHECK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An occasion on which one is reminded of the nature of things in the real world

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Context example:

after all those elaborate productions, I felt in need of a reality check

Hypernyms ("reality check" is a kind of...):

juncture; occasion (an event that occurs at a critical time)