† pro-realityn.
Obsolete. rare.
Something imagined or considered in place of reality.
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1877 E. R. Conder Basis of Faith iv. 185 This kind of idealised symbol or concept serves as a pro-reality, which we can reason about as though it were real.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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