reality-based

American  

[ree-al-i-tee-beyst] / riˈæl ɪ tiˌbeɪst /

adjective

1. (especially of television) portraying or alleging to portray events as they actually happened.

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Example Sentences

Barrett, a former law professor, did not seem persuaded that this notoriously sloppy and economically illiterate document was a substitute for reality-based reasoning.

From Slate

Executive producer and showrunner Dete Meserve says animation allows the series, which is aimed at children ages 5 to 8, to have flights of fancy like the flying mobile weather station known as the Vansformer that the family explores in combined with “reality-based scientific explanations for what’s happening.”

From Los Angeles Times

In the interest of remaining reality-based, I have to confess I don't have such a solution — and would advise personal resistance to anyone offering One Simple Solution to complex problems.

From Salon

For many Americans, “Hitler” and “fascism” are just words and images that have no factual or reality-based historical grounding or meaning.

From Salon

For many Americans, “Hitler” and “fascism” are just words and images that have no factual or reality-based historical grounding or meaning.

From Salon