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reality testing

reality testing noun: the psychotherapeutic technique of reflecting on the objective or real world and one's relationship to it, so as to distinguish the internal world of thoughts and feelings from the external world.

Noun

reality testing (uncountable)

  1. The psychotherapeutic technique of reflecting on the objective or real world and one's relationship to it, so as to distinguish the internal world of thoughts and feelings from the external world.

Questions about reality testing

What does reality testing mean?
Reality testing means the psychotherapeutic technique of reflecting on the objective or real world and one's relationship to it, so as to distinguish the internal world of thoughts and feelings from the external world.
What part of speech is reality testing?
Reality testing is a noun.

Words near reality testing in the dictionary

  1. reality shifters
  2. reality shifting
  3. reality show
  4. reality shows
  5. reality television
  6. reality testing
  7. reality therapy
  8. reality TV
  9. reality warper
  10. reality warpers
  11. reality warping

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