underlying reality

collocation in English

meaningsofunderlyingandreality

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underlying
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˌʌn.dəˈlaɪ.ɪŋ/us
/ˌʌn.dɚˈlaɪ.ɪŋ/
real but not ...
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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 ofunderlyingandrealityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Liberalism could be represented as a convenient cover for anunderlyingrealityof oppression and domination.
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Nor are the laws of nature grounded in non-entities : if they are to be explanatory, they must be grounded in someunderlyingreality.
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If the results do reflect theunderlyingrealitymore than they reflect measurement error, they clearly bring into question the fundamental premise of ministerial autonomy.
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If one looks at mestizaje as a lived process, the relationship between inclusion and exclusion is not best conceived of as one of superficial mask andunderlyingreality.
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Yet these are matters that have much to tell us about the life of the people: and is not that, after all, theunderlyingrealityof local and regional history?
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More particularly, there is anunderlyingrealityto these concepts.
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It was impossible that theunderlyingrealitywas as volatile as share prices were.
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Thatunderlyingreality, which may shift from time to time, is of great importance.
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I believe that that remains theunderlyingreality.
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Changing definitions does not change theunderlyingrealityof the problems which those figures manifest.
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I refer not to the concessions announced tonight but to theunderlyingrealityof the scheme, which will persist despite those concessions.
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As long as people make the snowballs, theunderlyingrealityis that others will be able to use them.
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In terms of the economic aggregates, theunderlyingrealityof the balance of payments shows a £12 billion deficit at the pits of the recession.
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Cash flow and profits are theunderlyingrealityof any real stimulus to industrial investment outlays by manufacturers.
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It will tell him that thatunderlyingrealitylies in investing in the work force.
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The company will tell him of theunderlyingrealityof maintaining competitiveness.
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But that is theunderlyingrealityof it all.
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The safeguard against this lies not in legislation, but in theunderlyingrealityof the industry and the business.
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