reality; actuality · real; actual · realistic; pragmatic; materialistic; self-interested

It is sometimes hard to choose between dreams and reality.

While dreams cannot tell you what will happen to you in reality, they are able to convey your innermost thoughts.

The third point to make is that Emmet attempted to harmonize his theory with the reality of designing.

Although this sentence has no grammatical mistakes, I think it would practically never be used.

Be realistic!