a slice of life
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› A film, piece of literature, or a play might be described as a slice of life if it describes or shows the ordinary details of real life.Reality and truth
(Definition of a slice of life from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- actuality noun
- authenticity noun
- fact noun
- God's truth exclamation
- gospel noun (TRUTH)
- immediacy noun
- McCoy
- non-fiction noun
- real life noun
- reality noun
- the genuine article idiom
- the real thing noun
- the real world noun
- thing noun (IDEA/EVENT)
- truism noun
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- truth noun
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