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noun
Lack of reality or real existence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The state of being unreal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
That which has no reality or real existence; something unreal or imaginary
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
Unpractical character; visionariness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
the quality possessed by something that is unreal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: reality
Broader terms: immateriality, incorporeality
noun
the state of being insubstantial or imaginary; not existing objectively or in fact
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: irreality
Antonyms: reality
Broader terms: nonexistence, nonentity
Narrower terms: cloud, falsity, falseness
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh1-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh1ís Proto-Italic *reis Classical Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin reālis Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Medieval Latin reālitāslbor. French réalitéder. English reality English unreality From un- (“lack of, not”) + reality.
Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
