the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [noun] > reality > as actually existing > instance of (3)
Something that is real; a real fact or state of things; (also) the real nature of something. Frequently in plural.
As a count noun: something that is real; a reality. Cf. reality, n. 3.
A thing having actual existence or able to be affirmed; a reality. Now rare.