What does "real world" mean?

The realm of human experience comprising physical objects, and excluding theoretical constructs, hypotheses, artificial environments, and "virtual" worlds such as the Internet, computer simulations, or the imagination.

Real world

Q: What is a synonym for "real world"?

Common synonyms include: actual outcome, applied linguistic approach, applied skill proficiency, clinical concept, complex reality, concrete reality.

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun

1
The realm of human experience comprising physical objects, and excluding theoretical constructs, hypotheses, artificial environments, and "virtual" worlds such as the Internet, computer simulations, or the imagination.
"Near-synonym: real life"
2
the practical world as opposed to the academic world wordnet

Adjective

1
Alternative form of real-world. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable

Synonyms

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actual outcome applied linguistic approach applied skill proficiency clinical concept complex reality concrete reality

Antonyms

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acherontic digital space fantasy world fictional world

Example

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"It's time to relocate this experiment from the laboratory into the real world."

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